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The Transformation and Other Stories: Works Published During Kafka's Lifetime - Community Reviews back

by Franz Kafka, Malcolm Pasley
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hungoverdrawn
hungoverdrawn rated it 14 years ago
In The Penal Colony ... now there's a mental image that will stay with me, unfortunately!
MochaMike
MochaMike rated it 15 years ago
An amazing collection of shorter works by Kafka. For my money, “In the Penal Colony” is the entry that will, likely, prove the most memorable—perhaps, it’s due to my recently reading Christopher Hitchens’ God Is Not Great or it might be owing to my being midway in Sam Harris’ The End of Faith, but I...
NinthWanderer
NinthWanderer rated it 15 years ago
Not far in, but I'm already reading this very differently than the guy who wrote the introduction. He sees Kafka's work as incomprehensible, and the opening parable of this volume as a reflection of infinite regress. I found "A Message from the Emperor" pretty simple to understand -- the chasm separ...
Punya Reviews...
Punya Reviews... rated it 17 years ago
Just my response paper for my MA course on Kafka and “The Metamorphosis”. I simply wrote how I felt while reading this short story. Absolutely sad and yah, Samsa's family was horrible! This story is worth more than a simple 5 star.*********In the beginning of his famous novel “The Metamorphosis”, Fr...
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