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In The Penal Colony - Franz Kafka
In The Penal Colony
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4.07 75
Format: paperback
ASIN: 581552
Publisher: Schocken Books
Pages no: 52
Category:
Classics, Novels, Literature, European Literature, Literary Fiction, Philosophy, Horror, German Literature, Short Stories, Czech Literature, Fiction
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BlondeBookBee
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2.0 In The Penal Colony
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Blegh. Don't recommend it.
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5.0 In The Penal Colony
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I reread this before seeing an operatic version, though I had read it several times before.The plot is grim but simple. A traveller to a tropical penal colony is invited to watch their unique method of execution. The machine is explained in graphic detail by the officer who has devoted years to its ...
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The Library of Babel
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4.0 In The Penal Colony
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Eighty eight years before standing on a beach staring at the sea with Haruki Murakami, Franz Kafka went to the tropics.Being such a hermit crab, he stayed out of the tourist routes, taking a boat for docking in a muggy island and visiting a charming Penal Colony. Does it sound too heavy? Well, in ca...
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