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丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 讴丕賮讴丕
The Complete Stories brings together all of Kafka鈥檚 stories, from the classic tales such as 鈥淭he Metamorphosis,鈥� 鈥淚n the Penal Colony,鈥� and 鈥淎 Hunger Artist鈥� to shorter pieces and fragments that Max Brod, Kafka鈥檚 literary executor, released after Kafka鈥檚 death. With the exception of his three novels, the whole of Kafka鈥檚 narrative work is included in this volume.
--penguinrandomhouse.com
Two Introductory parables: Before the law --
Imperial message --
Longer stories: Description of a struggle --
Wedding preparations in the country --
Judgment --
Metamorphosis --
In the penal colony --
Village schoolmaster (The giant mole) --
Blumfeld, and elderly bachelor --
Warden of the tomb --
Country doctor --
Hunter Gracchus --
Hunter Gracchus: A fragment --
Great Wall of China --
News of the building of the wall: A fragment --
Report to an academy --
Report to an academy: Two fragments --
Refusal --
Hunger artist --
Investigations of a dog --
Little woman --
The burrow --
Josephine the singer, or the mouse folk --
Children on a country road --
The trees --
Clothes --
Excursion into the mountains --
Rejection --
The street window --
The tradesman --
Absent-minded window-gazing --
The way home --
Passers-by --
On the tram --
Reflections for gentlemen-jockeys --
The wish to be a red Indian --
Unhappiness --
Bachelor's ill luck --
Unmasking a confidence trickster --
The sudden walk --
Resolutions --
A dream --
Up in the gallery --
A fratricide --
The next village --
A visit to a mine --
Jackals and Arabs --
The bridge --
The bucket rider --
The new advocate --
An old manuscript --
The knock at the manor gate --
Eleven sons --
My neighbor --
A crossbreed (A sport) --
The cares of a family man --
A common confusion --
The truth about Sancho Panza --
The silence of the sirens --
Prometheus --
The city coat of arms --
Poseidon --
Fellowship --
At night --
The problem of our laws --
The conscripton of troops --
The test --
The vulture --
The helmsman --
The top --
A little fable --
Home-coming --
First sorrow --
The departure --
Advocates --
The married couple --
Give it up! --
On parables.
--penguinrandomhouse.com
Two Introductory parables: Before the law --
Imperial message --
Longer stories: Description of a struggle --
Wedding preparations in the country --
Judgment --
Metamorphosis --
In the penal colony --
Village schoolmaster (The giant mole) --
Blumfeld, and elderly bachelor --
Warden of the tomb --
Country doctor --
Hunter Gracchus --
Hunter Gracchus: A fragment --
Great Wall of China --
News of the building of the wall: A fragment --
Report to an academy --
Report to an academy: Two fragments --
Refusal --
Hunger artist --
Investigations of a dog --
Little woman --
The burrow --
Josephine the singer, or the mouse folk --
Children on a country road --
The trees --
Clothes --
Excursion into the mountains --
Rejection --
The street window --
The tradesman --
Absent-minded window-gazing --
The way home --
Passers-by --
On the tram --
Reflections for gentlemen-jockeys --
The wish to be a red Indian --
Unhappiness --
Bachelor's ill luck --
Unmasking a confidence trickster --
The sudden walk --
Resolutions --
A dream --
Up in the gallery --
A fratricide --
The next village --
A visit to a mine --
Jackals and Arabs --
The bridge --
The bucket rider --
The new advocate --
An old manuscript --
The knock at the manor gate --
Eleven sons --
My neighbor --
A crossbreed (A sport) --
The cares of a family man --
A common confusion --
The truth about Sancho Panza --
The silence of the sirens --
Prometheus --
The city coat of arms --
Poseidon --
Fellowship --
At night --
The problem of our laws --
The conscripton of troops --
The test --
The vulture --
The helmsman --
The top --
A little fable --
Home-coming --
First sorrow --
The departure --
Advocates --
The married couple --
Give it up! --
On parables.
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About the author
Franz Kafka
2,731听books35.6k听followersPrague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as "
The Metamorphosis
" (1916), and posthumously published novels, including
The Trial
(1925), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world.
Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature.
His stories include "The Metamorphosis" (1912) and " In the Penal Colony " (1914), whereas his posthumous novels include The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).
Despite first language, Kafka also spoke fluent Czech. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of the French language and culture from Flaubert, one of his favorite authors.
Kafka first studied chemistry at the Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague but after two weeks switched to law. This study offered a range of career possibilities, which pleased his father, and required a longer course of study that gave Kafka time to take classes in German studies and art history. At the university, he joined a student club, named Lese- und Redehalle der Deutschen Studenten, which organized literary events, readings, and other activities. In the end of his first year of studies, he met Max Brod, a close friend of his throughout his life, together with the journalist Felix Weltsch, who also studied law. Kafka obtained the degree of doctor of law on 18 June 1906 and performed an obligatory year of unpaid service as law clerk for the civil and criminal courts.
Writing of Kafka attracted little attention before his death. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories and never finished any of his novels except the very short "The Metamorphosis." Kafka wrote to Max Brod, his friend and literary executor: "Dearest Max, my last request: Everything I leave behind me ... in the way of diaries, manuscripts, letters (my own and others'), sketches, and so on, [is] to be burned unread." Brod told Kafka that he intended not to honor these wishes, but Kafka, so knowing, nevertheless consequently gave these directions specifically to Brod, who, so reasoning, overrode these wishes. Brod in fact oversaw the publication of most of work of Kafka in his possession; these works quickly began to attract attention and high critical regard.
Max Brod encountered significant difficulty in compiling notebooks of Kafka into any chronological order as Kafka started writing in the middle of notebooks, from the last towards the first, et cetera.
Kafka wrote all his published works in German except several letters in Czech to Milena Jesensk谩.
Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature.
His stories include "The Metamorphosis" (1912) and " In the Penal Colony " (1914), whereas his posthumous novels include The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).
Despite first language, Kafka also spoke fluent Czech. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of the French language and culture from Flaubert, one of his favorite authors.
Kafka first studied chemistry at the Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague but after two weeks switched to law. This study offered a range of career possibilities, which pleased his father, and required a longer course of study that gave Kafka time to take classes in German studies and art history. At the university, he joined a student club, named Lese- und Redehalle der Deutschen Studenten, which organized literary events, readings, and other activities. In the end of his first year of studies, he met Max Brod, a close friend of his throughout his life, together with the journalist Felix Weltsch, who also studied law. Kafka obtained the degree of doctor of law on 18 June 1906 and performed an obligatory year of unpaid service as law clerk for the civil and criminal courts.
Writing of Kafka attracted little attention before his death. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories and never finished any of his novels except the very short "The Metamorphosis." Kafka wrote to Max Brod, his friend and literary executor: "Dearest Max, my last request: Everything I leave behind me ... in the way of diaries, manuscripts, letters (my own and others'), sketches, and so on, [is] to be burned unread." Brod told Kafka that he intended not to honor these wishes, but Kafka, so knowing, nevertheless consequently gave these directions specifically to Brod, who, so reasoning, overrode these wishes. Brod in fact oversaw the publication of most of work of Kafka in his possession; these works quickly began to attract attention and high critical regard.
Max Brod encountered significant difficulty in compiling notebooks of Kafka into any chronological order as Kafka started writing in the middle of notebooks, from the last towards the first, et cetera.
Kafka wrote all his published works in German except several letters in Czech to Milena Jesensk谩.
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S盲mtliche Erz盲hlungen = The Complete Short Stories = Collected Stories, Franz Kafka
This volume contains all of Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches to longer tales.
Together they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.
Some are well-known, others are mere jottings, observations of daily life, given artistic form through Kafka's unique perception of the world.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮 丕蹖賳 賳爻禺賴: 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 爻賵賲 跇賵卅賳 爻丕賱 2000 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賮乇丕賳鬲爻 讴丕賮讴丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丕賲蹖乇 噩賱丕賱 丕賱丿蹖賳 丕毓賱賲貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳蹖賱賵賮乇貙 1378貙 丿乇 547氐貙 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1381貨 趩丕倬 趩賴丕乇賲 爻丕賱1386貨 趩丕倬 倬賳噩賲 1388貨 卮丕亘讴 9789644481253貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 丕夭 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丌賱賲丕賳 - 爻丿賴 20賲
賮賴乇爻鬲: 丿賵 鬲賲孬蹖賱 丌睾丕夭蹖賳: 噩賱賵蹖 賯丕賳賵賳貨 倬蹖丕賲 丕賲倬乇丕鬲賵乇貨
丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 亘賱賳丿 (賴噩丿賴 賲賵乇丿): 芦賵氐賮 蹖讴 倬蹖讴丕乇貨 鬲丿丕乇讴 毓乇賵爻蹖 丿乇 乇賵爻鬲丕貨 丿丕賵乇蹖貨 賲爻禺貨 讴蹖賮乇诏丕賴貨 丌賲賵夭诏丕乇 丿賴讴丿賴 (賲賵卮 讴賵乇 睾賵賱 倬蹖讴乇)貨 亘賱賵賲賮蹖賱 倬蹖乇倬爻乇貨 賳诏賴亘丕賳 诏賵乇貨 倬夭卮讴 丿賴讴丿賴貨 诏乇丕讴賵爻 卮讴丕乇诏乇貨 诏乇丕讴賵爻 卮讴丕乇诏乇 蹖讴 倬丕乇賴 賳賵卮鬲賴貨 诏夭丕乇卮蹖 亘賴 賮乇賴賳诏爻鬲丕賳貨 诏夭丕乇卮蹖 亘賴 賮乇賴賳诏爻鬲丕賳 丿賵 倬丕乇賴 賳賵卮鬲賴貨 丕賲鬲賳丕毓貨 賴賳乇賲賳丿 诏乇爻賳诏蹖貨 夭賻賳賻讴貨 賳賯亘貨 蹖賵夭賮蹖賳賴 丌賵丕夭禺賵丕賳 蹖丕 賲乇丿賲賽 賲賵卮禄貨
丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 (倬賳噩丕賴 賵 倬賳噩 賲賵乇丿): 讴賵丿讴丕賳 亘乇 噩丕丿賴 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖蹖貨 賳賯丕亘 亘乇丿丕卮鬲賳 丕夭 趩賴乇賴 蹖讴 讴賱丕賴亘乇丿丕乇貨 诏乇丿卮 賳丕诏賴丕賳蹖貨 鬲氐賲蹖賲賴丕貨 诏卮鬲 賵 诏匕丕乇 丿乇 讴賵賴爻丕乇貨 亘丿丕賯亘丕賱蹖 賲乇丿 毓夭亘貨 讴丕爻亘貨 賳诏丕賴蹖 倬乇鬲 丕夭 倬賳噩乇賴貨 乇丕賴 禺丕賳賴貨 乇賴诏匕乇丕賳貨 爻賵丕乇 亘乇 鬲乇丕賲賵丕貨 賱亘丕爻賴丕貨 賵丕夭丿賳貨 鬲丕賲賱丕鬲蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丌賯丕蹖丕賳 爻賵丕乇讴丕乇貨 倬賳噩乇賴 乇賵 亘賴 禺蹖丕亘丕賳貨 丌乇夭賵蹖 爻乇禺倬賵爻鬲 亘賵丿賳貨 丿乇禺鬲賴丕貙 丕賳丿賵賴貙 禺賵丕亘貨 丿乇 噩丕蹖诏丕賴 亘丕賱丕蹖蹖 爻蹖乇讴貨 亘乇丕丿乇讴卮蹖貨 丿賴讴丿賴 蹖 亘毓丿蹖貨 丿蹖丿丕乇 丕夭 賲毓丿賳貨 卮睾丕賱賴丕 賵 毓乇亘賴丕貨 倬賱貨 爻胤賱 爻賵丕乇貨 賵讴蹖賱 賲丿丕賮毓 噩丿蹖丿蹖貨 賳賵卮鬲賴 丕蹖 讴賴賳貨 讴賵亘賴 丕蹖 亘乇 丿乇 爻乇丕蹖 丕乇亘丕亘蹖貨 蹖丕夭丿賴 倬爻乇貨 賴賲爻丕蹖賴 丕賲貨 丨蹖賵丕賳 丿賵 乇诏賴貨 丿睾丿睾賴 賴丕蹖 賲乇丿 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴貨 丌卮賵亘 賲毓賲賵賱蹖貨 丨賯蹖賯鬲 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 爻丕賳趩賵 倬丕賳爻丕貨 禺丕賲賵卮蹖 爻蹖乇賳 賴丕貨 倬乇賵賲鬲卅賵爻貨 賳卮丕賳 卮賴乇貨 倬賵爻蹖丿賵賳貨 丿賵爻鬲蹖貨 卮亘丕賳诏丕賴貨 賲爻卅賱賴 賯賵丕賳蹖賳賲丕賳貨 爻乇亘丕夭诏蹖乇蹖貨 丌夭賲賵賳貨 讴乇讴爻貨 爻讴丕賳丿丕乇貨 賮乇賮乇賴貨 丕賮爻丕賳賴 丕蹖 讴賵趩讴貨 亘丕夭诏卮鬲 亘賴 禺丕賳賴貨 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丕賳丿賵賴貨 毓夭蹖賲鬲貨 賵讴賱丕蹖 賲丿丕賮毓貨 夭賳 賵 卮賵賴乇貨 賵賱卮 讴賳貨 丿乇 亘丕乇賴 鬲賲孬蹖賱貨
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丌賱亘乇讴丕賲賵 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻賳丿: 芦丌孬丕乇 賮乇丕賳鬲爻 讴丕賮讴丕 鈥屫ㄘй屫池� 亘丕乇賴丕 禺賵丕賳丿賴 卮賵賳丿禄貙 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 芦讴丕賮讴丕禄 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賴賲賴 噩賵乇 鬲賮爻蹖乇 讴乇丿貨 丌賳趩賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 丿賱 賲蹖賳卮蹖賳丿貙 丿蹖诏乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕蹖賳 丌孬丕乇 賲丕賴蹖鬲 爻賲亘賵賱蹖讴 丿丕乇賳丿貨 賴賲賴 噩丕 鬲乇爻 賵 賵丨卮鬲 禺賵丿 乇丕 賲蹖賳賲丕蹖丕賳賳丿貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 賲丿乇賳貙 讴賴 丕蹖賳乇賵夭賴丕 丿蹖诏乇 亘賴 噩賲毓 讴賱丕爻蹖讴 賴丕 倬蹖賵爻鬲賴 丕賳丿禄貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱
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This volume contains all of Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches to longer tales.
Together they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.
Some are well-known, others are mere jottings, observations of daily life, given artistic form through Kafka's unique perception of the world.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮 丕蹖賳 賳爻禺賴: 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 爻賵賲 跇賵卅賳 爻丕賱 2000 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賮乇丕賳鬲爻 讴丕賮讴丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丕賲蹖乇 噩賱丕賱 丕賱丿蹖賳 丕毓賱賲貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳蹖賱賵賮乇貙 1378貙 丿乇 547氐貙 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1381貨 趩丕倬 趩賴丕乇賲 爻丕賱1386貨 趩丕倬 倬賳噩賲 1388貨 卮丕亘讴 9789644481253貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 丕夭 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丌賱賲丕賳 - 爻丿賴 20賲
賮賴乇爻鬲: 丿賵 鬲賲孬蹖賱 丌睾丕夭蹖賳: 噩賱賵蹖 賯丕賳賵賳貨 倬蹖丕賲 丕賲倬乇丕鬲賵乇貨
丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 亘賱賳丿 (賴噩丿賴 賲賵乇丿): 芦賵氐賮 蹖讴 倬蹖讴丕乇貨 鬲丿丕乇讴 毓乇賵爻蹖 丿乇 乇賵爻鬲丕貨 丿丕賵乇蹖貨 賲爻禺貨 讴蹖賮乇诏丕賴貨 丌賲賵夭诏丕乇 丿賴讴丿賴 (賲賵卮 讴賵乇 睾賵賱 倬蹖讴乇)貨 亘賱賵賲賮蹖賱 倬蹖乇倬爻乇貨 賳诏賴亘丕賳 诏賵乇貨 倬夭卮讴 丿賴讴丿賴貨 诏乇丕讴賵爻 卮讴丕乇诏乇貨 诏乇丕讴賵爻 卮讴丕乇诏乇 蹖讴 倬丕乇賴 賳賵卮鬲賴貨 诏夭丕乇卮蹖 亘賴 賮乇賴賳诏爻鬲丕賳貨 诏夭丕乇卮蹖 亘賴 賮乇賴賳诏爻鬲丕賳 丿賵 倬丕乇賴 賳賵卮鬲賴貨 丕賲鬲賳丕毓貨 賴賳乇賲賳丿 诏乇爻賳诏蹖貨 夭賻賳賻讴貨 賳賯亘貨 蹖賵夭賮蹖賳賴 丌賵丕夭禺賵丕賳 蹖丕 賲乇丿賲賽 賲賵卮禄貨
丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 (倬賳噩丕賴 賵 倬賳噩 賲賵乇丿): 讴賵丿讴丕賳 亘乇 噩丕丿賴 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖蹖貨 賳賯丕亘 亘乇丿丕卮鬲賳 丕夭 趩賴乇賴 蹖讴 讴賱丕賴亘乇丿丕乇貨 诏乇丿卮 賳丕诏賴丕賳蹖貨 鬲氐賲蹖賲賴丕貨 诏卮鬲 賵 诏匕丕乇 丿乇 讴賵賴爻丕乇貨 亘丿丕賯亘丕賱蹖 賲乇丿 毓夭亘貨 讴丕爻亘貨 賳诏丕賴蹖 倬乇鬲 丕夭 倬賳噩乇賴貨 乇丕賴 禺丕賳賴貨 乇賴诏匕乇丕賳貨 爻賵丕乇 亘乇 鬲乇丕賲賵丕貨 賱亘丕爻賴丕貨 賵丕夭丿賳貨 鬲丕賲賱丕鬲蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丌賯丕蹖丕賳 爻賵丕乇讴丕乇貨 倬賳噩乇賴 乇賵 亘賴 禺蹖丕亘丕賳貨 丌乇夭賵蹖 爻乇禺倬賵爻鬲 亘賵丿賳貨 丿乇禺鬲賴丕貙 丕賳丿賵賴貙 禺賵丕亘貨 丿乇 噩丕蹖诏丕賴 亘丕賱丕蹖蹖 爻蹖乇讴貨 亘乇丕丿乇讴卮蹖貨 丿賴讴丿賴 蹖 亘毓丿蹖貨 丿蹖丿丕乇 丕夭 賲毓丿賳貨 卮睾丕賱賴丕 賵 毓乇亘賴丕貨 倬賱貨 爻胤賱 爻賵丕乇貨 賵讴蹖賱 賲丿丕賮毓 噩丿蹖丿蹖貨 賳賵卮鬲賴 丕蹖 讴賴賳貨 讴賵亘賴 丕蹖 亘乇 丿乇 爻乇丕蹖 丕乇亘丕亘蹖貨 蹖丕夭丿賴 倬爻乇貨 賴賲爻丕蹖賴 丕賲貨 丨蹖賵丕賳 丿賵 乇诏賴貨 丿睾丿睾賴 賴丕蹖 賲乇丿 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴貨 丌卮賵亘 賲毓賲賵賱蹖貨 丨賯蹖賯鬲 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 爻丕賳趩賵 倬丕賳爻丕貨 禺丕賲賵卮蹖 爻蹖乇賳 賴丕貨 倬乇賵賲鬲卅賵爻貨 賳卮丕賳 卮賴乇貨 倬賵爻蹖丿賵賳貨 丿賵爻鬲蹖貨 卮亘丕賳诏丕賴貨 賲爻卅賱賴 賯賵丕賳蹖賳賲丕賳貨 爻乇亘丕夭诏蹖乇蹖貨 丌夭賲賵賳貨 讴乇讴爻貨 爻讴丕賳丿丕乇貨 賮乇賮乇賴貨 丕賮爻丕賳賴 丕蹖 讴賵趩讴貨 亘丕夭诏卮鬲 亘賴 禺丕賳賴貨 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丕賳丿賵賴貨 毓夭蹖賲鬲貨 賵讴賱丕蹖 賲丿丕賮毓貨 夭賳 賵 卮賵賴乇貨 賵賱卮 讴賳貨 丿乇 亘丕乇賴 鬲賲孬蹖賱貨
賵 诏丕賴卮賲丕乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 賮乇丕賳鬲爻 讴丕賮讴丕
丌賱亘乇讴丕賲賵 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻賳丿: 芦丌孬丕乇 賮乇丕賳鬲爻 讴丕賮讴丕 鈥屫ㄘй屫池� 亘丕乇賴丕 禺賵丕賳丿賴 卮賵賳丿禄貙 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 芦讴丕賮讴丕禄 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賴賲賴 噩賵乇 鬲賮爻蹖乇 讴乇丿貨 丌賳趩賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 丿賱 賲蹖賳卮蹖賳丿貙 丿蹖诏乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕蹖賳 丌孬丕乇 賲丕賴蹖鬲 爻賲亘賵賱蹖讴 丿丕乇賳丿貨 賴賲賴 噩丕 鬲乇爻 賵 賵丨卮鬲 禺賵丿 乇丕 賲蹖賳賲丕蹖丕賳賳丿貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 賲丿乇賳貙 讴賴 丕蹖賳乇賵夭賴丕 丿蹖诏乇 亘賴 噩賲毓 讴賱丕爻蹖讴 賴丕 倬蹖賵爻鬲賴 丕賳丿禄貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 11/07/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 30/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
March 3, 2025
Franz Kafka is a whole vibe. You don鈥檛 get a term like 鈥淜afkaesque鈥� on your namesake gracing the blurb page of any eerily claustrophobic novel without being as fabulous as Franz and his legacy lives on in justified infamy. While best known for his chilling tales of being caught up in a deadly web of paranoia, power, and the absurdity of bureaucratic complexities, Kafka could also startle and seduce with succinct sublimity and The Complete Stories, containing the bulk of his narrative work aside from his major novels, is an incredible testament to his genius. Truth be told, I鈥檝e long dreamed of wanting to film a biopic about Kafka, except it would be set in the late 70s with Kafka as the frontman for a East European punk band (call them Franz and the Prauge Daugs) instead of a writer. All his stories would instead by covers of Lady Gaga songs off Fame Monster (hear me out: Bad Romance but its The Trial singing 鈥�you and me caught in the guver鈥檓e-ent鈥� and the whole chanting bit is him just shouting out his own name 鈥�Franz Franz Kaf-kaf-ka! Franz Franz Kafka Franz!鈥�) It writes itself really. You鈥檝e got Dora burning all his demo tapes for him while Max Brod sneaks off with the masters and calls up Columbia Records or whatever. Anyways, I鈥檓 getting away from the point and that is: Franz Kafka is truly inspiring with an imagination that stretches out far beyond his word count or pages, shakes hands with the readers own sense of creativity, and nestles forever in your heart to narrate the dark shadows of life or anxious bureaucratic nightmares you may encounter. Containing his well known tales like The Metamorphosis, , In The Penal Colony, or The Judgement鈥攚hich Kafka 鈥攁nd the entirety of his short tales (many of them bordering on flash fiction), The Complete Stories is an indispensable volume brimming with brilliance with every turn of the page.
Franz and the Prauge Daugs: The Early Years
鈥�What Dante and Shakespeare were for their ages, Kafka if for ours,鈥� wrote philosopher and literary critic . Inspired by writers such as , , , and , Kafka would inspire a new generation of writers like , , or who have all written about Kafka鈥檚 influence on them. I recently read Italian author admit in his semi-autobiographical novella The Mortal and Immortal Life of the Girl from Milan, that his early work was so blatantly an attempt to be Kafka until he finally found his own voice. , another favorite of mine, even wrote a sequel of sorts to Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk with his story Police Rat from where a descendant of Josephine solves a murder. Yet 鈥�Kafka makes novelists nervous,鈥� author Zadie Smith once , 鈥�He doesn鈥檛 seem to write like the rest of us. He is either too good for the novel or the novel is not quite good enough for him 鈥� whichever it is, his imitators are very few,鈥� and while he has been quite influential, nobody can quite channel his specific atmosphere. Whatever the case, once you鈥檝e read Kafka, you aren鈥檛 likely to forget him.
鈥�Unriddle the mysteries of human nature!鈥�
Perhaps it is because, as and assessed about Kafka, he is a sort of ''. Derrida utilized Kafka鈥檚 parable Before the Law (a story that was added to The Trial after Kafka鈥檚 death, you can read it ) as a scaffolding to explain his concept of and how the man from the country kept in suspension before the law was a reflection on the nature of law itself. The story resists straightforward interpretation not unlike law and 鈥�neither describes nor tells anything but itself鈥� Derrida writes. This motif of an abstract and enigmatic look at law or bureaucracy was central to Kafka鈥檚 major themes
鈥�It was impossible to fight against this lack of understanding.鈥�
The labyrinthian dread crafted by Kafka, while written in early 1900s Prague, has a sense of being unstuck from time that grants a universality to his tales. They remain relevant today in our absurdities of bureaucratic webs and the abstract existentialist threats of the modern day. Harnessing religious imagery and fantastical occurrences, Kafka always drives his literary knife deep into the reader鈥檚 heart and soul. The plight of an artist is another theme that threads through several of these tales, most notably A Hunger Artist and Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk. We have the hunger artists stifled in his artistic endeavours by his manager who, in response to public demands, adds more entertainment and limits the fasts as a metaphor on the commodification of art. With our mouse singer, we see her become a symbol that is separate from her actual musical talent and looks at ideas of the significance of the individual amidst a larger collective of society. In both we have ideas on the artists role beleaguered by societal relations and the alienation inherent in the conundrum. It is also believed A Hunger Artist may have been inspired by Kafka鈥檚 bout with tuberculosis and his own struggles with food.
鈥�The legend tried to explain the inexplicable. As it came out of a substratum of truth it had in turn to end in the inexplicable.鈥�
Contained in The Complete Stories is one of Kafka鈥檚 most enduring works, The Metamorphosis, where Gregor Samsa鈥檚 sudden transformation into a giant insect becomes a parable on alienation, duty, and identity (I reviewed it at length HERE). It is a story that hits at the heart of all things Kafka.
But amidst the discussion on the absurdity of existence and estrangement from society there is also a sharp anti-capitalist theme where Samsa鈥檚 job is seen as an alienating occupation depriving him of authentic human connection and thereby happiness. His first thought while waking is also anxiety that he cannot go to work and if he cannot work he cannot bring home money to survive and neither will his family. Kafka uses the German word schuld meaning both 鈥榙ebt鈥� and 鈥榞uilt鈥� to hone in on the way his insurmountable debt becomes a mirror in which he observes himself poorly. The way we are servants to a profit machine that reaps from our labor to the death while we survive on the scraps and the slightest of illnesses can end us, yet we construct a sense of self around such labor is writ large in this work.
鈥�All language is but a poor translation,鈥� wrote Kafka and it is interesting that the story occasionally translates Samsa into a cockroach whereas has asserted that Samsa is, in fact, a beetle. Kafka and wrote him with an intentional vagueness. 鈥�Kafka wanted us to see Gregor鈥檚 new body and condition with the same hazy focus with which Gregor himself discovers them,鈥� theorizes translator
Another major theme are Kafka鈥檚 explorations of the abuses of power and obdurate authority, such as in In the Penal Colony. It is a brutal examination of public punishment used to control a populace, where 鈥�guilt is never to be doubted,鈥� the accused is denied a defence and 鈥�the injustice of the procedure and inhumanity of the execution were incontestable.鈥� The punishment, carried out by an 鈥榓pparatus鈥� that is something as if was asked to design a torture device for maximum drama at the cost of efficiency, is thought to give a near holy transcendence where the accused is never given told their crime but assumed to 鈥�decipher鈥� them from their 鈥�wounds,鈥� a classic Kafka element combining religious imagery with the ambiguities of law. I reviewed the story in full HERE.
鈥�You never know what you鈥檙e going to find in your own house.鈥�
Autobiographical elements appear in many of his works. Kafka often wrote of his 鈥�dependency of writing鈥� and the 鈥�helpless鈥� nature of his works in his diary, finding everyday life an affliction he could escape to in his words. Such is rather evident in these stories where society looms large like a threat. His poor relationship with his parents, his hatred for his bureaucratic job, his sense of self as a failure and more all appear in his works. The Judgement, a story he wrote in one sitting in 1912, was inspired by his frustrations that his job limited his time for creative work (can relate!). His biographer, Max Brod, notes that the character Georg Bendermann is very much Kafka鈥檚 take on himself and the story mimics many events in his life at the time. It was, in Kafka鈥檚 eyes, one of his 鈥�most successful and perfect literary creations鈥� and was a great early spark for him as a writer. His story A Country Doctor, a tale that has almost all of Kafka鈥檚 major themes around disillusionment and estrangement, was written after breaking off his engagement with Felice Bauer and one can detect him in the character of the groom.
鈥�If you only followed the parables you yourselves would become parables and with that ride of all your daily cares鈥�
Of most interest to me in this book, however, were the very short tales at the end. I鈥檝e previously read his longer stories but the ones that range a paragraph to two pages are an outstanding look into Kafka鈥檚 mind and how he could channel so much dread and elusive meaning with such brevity. Here is a story in its entirety:
A Little Fable
"Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into."
"You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up.
Hear me out: we should just start writing the tiny Kafka stories onto the back of postcards, don鈥檛 sign them, and mail them at random. These are practically Flash Fiction before the term existed (many of these stories are under the 1,500 word count that tends to constitute flash fiction) and can be very eerie and full of both parables and paradoxes. Accepting that there is a conundrum of a paradox is so central to understanding Kafka and why there is not a singular, easy to transcribe 鈥渕eaning鈥� and many of these stories you can spend far more pages mulling over his intentions than the actual length of the story. Take one of my favorites, The Top, for instance. Here it is in full as translated by Tania and James Stern:
The Top
A certain philosopher used to hang about wherever children were at play. And whenever he saw a boy with a top, he would lie in wait. As soon as the top began to spin the philosopher went in pursuit and tried to catch it. He was not perturbed when the children noisily protested and tried to keep him away from their toy; so long as he could catch the top while it was still spinning, he was happy, but only for a moment; then he threw it to the ground and walked away. For he believed that the understanding of any detail, that of a spinning top, for instance, was sufficient for the understanding of all things. For this reason he did not busy himself with great problems, it seemed to him uneconomical. Once the smallest detail was understood, then everything was understood, which was why he busied himself only with the spinning top. And whenever preparations were being made for the spinning of the top, he hoped that this time it would succeed: as soon as the top began to spin and he was running breathlessly after it, the hope would turn to certainty, but when he held the silly piece of wood in his hand, he felt nauseated. The screaming of the children, which hitherto he had not heard and which now suddenly pierced his ears, chased him away, and he tottered like a top under a clumsy whip.
Our philosopher is disgusted by the goal once he reaches it, almost like a buyer's remorse, yet sets off in pursuit again and again. There is something rather familiar here where the pursuit of a goal is more satisfying than the goal itself. As wrote 鈥�it is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.鈥� Because as long as we are in pursuit, we taste hope sharp on our tongue.
The great has some thoughts on this tale concerning love. In her first book, , she looks at Kafka鈥檚 tale of spinning as the way love spins our hearts and minds:
The pursuit keeps hope alive in our heart, we have a horizon to chase. It鈥檚 sort of like the idea in horror that the monster you do not see is always more terrifying than the monster you do see because the mystery inspires the imagination to greater horrors than a solidified answer can give us. What will the dog do when they catch the car? It鈥檚 why we chase the things we enjoy, we love thinking about them, we love pursuing them and maybe our goals exist in order to chase them. As Carson say, perhaps 鈥�he has become a philosopher (that is, one whose profession is to delight in understanding) in order to furnish himself with pretexts for running after tops.鈥� And this is why I enjoy Kafka. While the meaning may be elusive, I love to chase after that meaning. In that pursuit of meaning, Kafka is alive again in our hearts and minds. And in that pursuit of meaning maybe we find meaning.
So come one, come all, The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka is an incredible book with a surprise page. From his famous works to tiny parables and paradoxes, Kafka beguiles and bewilders with brilliance. Fans will love this massive volume with the bulk of his work and newcomers are likely to find an author to fall head over heels for. Kafka lives on and this book is a wonderful testament to his legacy.
5/5
Franz and the Prauge Daugs: The Early Years
鈥�What Dante and Shakespeare were for their ages, Kafka if for ours,鈥� wrote philosopher and literary critic . Inspired by writers such as , , , and , Kafka would inspire a new generation of writers like , , or who have all written about Kafka鈥檚 influence on them. I recently read Italian author admit in his semi-autobiographical novella The Mortal and Immortal Life of the Girl from Milan, that his early work was so blatantly an attempt to be Kafka until he finally found his own voice. , another favorite of mine, even wrote a sequel of sorts to Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk with his story Police Rat from where a descendant of Josephine solves a murder. Yet 鈥�Kafka makes novelists nervous,鈥� author Zadie Smith once , 鈥�He doesn鈥檛 seem to write like the rest of us. He is either too good for the novel or the novel is not quite good enough for him 鈥� whichever it is, his imitators are very few,鈥� and while he has been quite influential, nobody can quite channel his specific atmosphere. Whatever the case, once you鈥檝e read Kafka, you aren鈥檛 likely to forget him.
鈥�Unriddle the mysteries of human nature!鈥�
Perhaps it is because, as and assessed about Kafka, he is a sort of ''. Derrida utilized Kafka鈥檚 parable Before the Law (a story that was added to The Trial after Kafka鈥檚 death, you can read it ) as a scaffolding to explain his concept of and how the man from the country kept in suspension before the law was a reflection on the nature of law itself. The story resists straightforward interpretation not unlike law and 鈥�neither describes nor tells anything but itself鈥� Derrida writes. This motif of an abstract and enigmatic look at law or bureaucracy was central to Kafka鈥檚 major themes
鈥�It was impossible to fight against this lack of understanding.鈥�
The labyrinthian dread crafted by Kafka, while written in early 1900s Prague, has a sense of being unstuck from time that grants a universality to his tales. They remain relevant today in our absurdities of bureaucratic webs and the abstract existentialist threats of the modern day. Harnessing religious imagery and fantastical occurrences, Kafka always drives his literary knife deep into the reader鈥檚 heart and soul. The plight of an artist is another theme that threads through several of these tales, most notably A Hunger Artist and Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk. We have the hunger artists stifled in his artistic endeavours by his manager who, in response to public demands, adds more entertainment and limits the fasts as a metaphor on the commodification of art. With our mouse singer, we see her become a symbol that is separate from her actual musical talent and looks at ideas of the significance of the individual amidst a larger collective of society. In both we have ideas on the artists role beleaguered by societal relations and the alienation inherent in the conundrum. It is also believed A Hunger Artist may have been inspired by Kafka鈥檚 bout with tuberculosis and his own struggles with food.
鈥�The legend tried to explain the inexplicable. As it came out of a substratum of truth it had in turn to end in the inexplicable.鈥�
Contained in The Complete Stories is one of Kafka鈥檚 most enduring works, The Metamorphosis, where Gregor Samsa鈥檚 sudden transformation into a giant insect becomes a parable on alienation, duty, and identity (I reviewed it at length HERE). It is a story that hits at the heart of all things Kafka.
鈥�I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.
But amidst the discussion on the absurdity of existence and estrangement from society there is also a sharp anti-capitalist theme where Samsa鈥檚 job is seen as an alienating occupation depriving him of authentic human connection and thereby happiness. His first thought while waking is also anxiety that he cannot go to work and if he cannot work he cannot bring home money to survive and neither will his family. Kafka uses the German word schuld meaning both 鈥榙ebt鈥� and 鈥榞uilt鈥� to hone in on the way his insurmountable debt becomes a mirror in which he observes himself poorly. The way we are servants to a profit machine that reaps from our labor to the death while we survive on the scraps and the slightest of illnesses can end us, yet we construct a sense of self around such labor is writ large in this work.
鈥�All language is but a poor translation,鈥� wrote Kafka and it is interesting that the story occasionally translates Samsa into a cockroach whereas has asserted that Samsa is, in fact, a beetle. Kafka and wrote him with an intentional vagueness. 鈥�Kafka wanted us to see Gregor鈥檚 new body and condition with the same hazy focus with which Gregor himself discovers them,鈥� theorizes translator
Another major theme are Kafka鈥檚 explorations of the abuses of power and obdurate authority, such as in In the Penal Colony. It is a brutal examination of public punishment used to control a populace, where 鈥�guilt is never to be doubted,鈥� the accused is denied a defence and 鈥�the injustice of the procedure and inhumanity of the execution were incontestable.鈥� The punishment, carried out by an 鈥榓pparatus鈥� that is something as if was asked to design a torture device for maximum drama at the cost of efficiency, is thought to give a near holy transcendence where the accused is never given told their crime but assumed to 鈥�decipher鈥� them from their 鈥�wounds,鈥� a classic Kafka element combining religious imagery with the ambiguities of law. I reviewed the story in full HERE.
鈥�You never know what you鈥檙e going to find in your own house.鈥�
Autobiographical elements appear in many of his works. Kafka often wrote of his 鈥�dependency of writing鈥� and the 鈥�helpless鈥� nature of his works in his diary, finding everyday life an affliction he could escape to in his words. Such is rather evident in these stories where society looms large like a threat. His poor relationship with his parents, his hatred for his bureaucratic job, his sense of self as a failure and more all appear in his works. The Judgement, a story he wrote in one sitting in 1912, was inspired by his frustrations that his job limited his time for creative work (can relate!). His biographer, Max Brod, notes that the character Georg Bendermann is very much Kafka鈥檚 take on himself and the story mimics many events in his life at the time. It was, in Kafka鈥檚 eyes, one of his 鈥�most successful and perfect literary creations鈥� and was a great early spark for him as a writer. His story A Country Doctor, a tale that has almost all of Kafka鈥檚 major themes around disillusionment and estrangement, was written after breaking off his engagement with Felice Bauer and one can detect him in the character of the groom.
鈥�If you only followed the parables you yourselves would become parables and with that ride of all your daily cares鈥�
Of most interest to me in this book, however, were the very short tales at the end. I鈥檝e previously read his longer stories but the ones that range a paragraph to two pages are an outstanding look into Kafka鈥檚 mind and how he could channel so much dread and elusive meaning with such brevity. Here is a story in its entirety:
A Little Fable
"Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into."
"You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up.
Hear me out: we should just start writing the tiny Kafka stories onto the back of postcards, don鈥檛 sign them, and mail them at random. These are practically Flash Fiction before the term existed (many of these stories are under the 1,500 word count that tends to constitute flash fiction) and can be very eerie and full of both parables and paradoxes. Accepting that there is a conundrum of a paradox is so central to understanding Kafka and why there is not a singular, easy to transcribe 鈥渕eaning鈥� and many of these stories you can spend far more pages mulling over his intentions than the actual length of the story. Take one of my favorites, The Top, for instance. Here it is in full as translated by Tania and James Stern:
The Top
A certain philosopher used to hang about wherever children were at play. And whenever he saw a boy with a top, he would lie in wait. As soon as the top began to spin the philosopher went in pursuit and tried to catch it. He was not perturbed when the children noisily protested and tried to keep him away from their toy; so long as he could catch the top while it was still spinning, he was happy, but only for a moment; then he threw it to the ground and walked away. For he believed that the understanding of any detail, that of a spinning top, for instance, was sufficient for the understanding of all things. For this reason he did not busy himself with great problems, it seemed to him uneconomical. Once the smallest detail was understood, then everything was understood, which was why he busied himself only with the spinning top. And whenever preparations were being made for the spinning of the top, he hoped that this time it would succeed: as soon as the top began to spin and he was running breathlessly after it, the hope would turn to certainty, but when he held the silly piece of wood in his hand, he felt nauseated. The screaming of the children, which hitherto he had not heard and which now suddenly pierced his ears, chased him away, and he tottered like a top under a clumsy whip.
Our philosopher is disgusted by the goal once he reaches it, almost like a buyer's remorse, yet sets off in pursuit again and again. There is something rather familiar here where the pursuit of a goal is more satisfying than the goal itself. As wrote 鈥�it is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.鈥� Because as long as we are in pursuit, we taste hope sharp on our tongue.
The great has some thoughts on this tale concerning love. In her first book, , she looks at Kafka鈥檚 tale of spinning as the way love spins our hearts and minds:
鈥�The story concerns the reason why we love to fall in love. Beauty spins and the mind moves. To catch beauty would be to understand how that impertinent stability in vertigo is possible. But no, delight need not reach so far. To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope. But no, delight need not reach so far. To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope.鈥�
The pursuit keeps hope alive in our heart, we have a horizon to chase. It鈥檚 sort of like the idea in horror that the monster you do not see is always more terrifying than the monster you do see because the mystery inspires the imagination to greater horrors than a solidified answer can give us. What will the dog do when they catch the car? It鈥檚 why we chase the things we enjoy, we love thinking about them, we love pursuing them and maybe our goals exist in order to chase them. As Carson say, perhaps 鈥�he has become a philosopher (that is, one whose profession is to delight in understanding) in order to furnish himself with pretexts for running after tops.鈥� And this is why I enjoy Kafka. While the meaning may be elusive, I love to chase after that meaning. In that pursuit of meaning, Kafka is alive again in our hearts and minds. And in that pursuit of meaning maybe we find meaning.
So come one, come all, The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka is an incredible book with a surprise page. From his famous works to tiny parables and paradoxes, Kafka beguiles and bewilders with brilliance. Fans will love this massive volume with the bulk of his work and newcomers are likely to find an author to fall head over heels for. Kafka lives on and this book is a wonderful testament to his legacy.
5/5
December 21, 2021
S盲mtliche Erz盲hlungen = The Complete Short Stories = Collected Stories, Franz Kafka
This volume contains all of Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches to longer tales. Together they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought. Some are well-known, others are mere jottings, observations of daily life, given artistic form through Kafka's unique perception of the world.
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This volume contains all of Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches to longer tales. Together they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought. Some are well-known, others are mere jottings, observations of daily life, given artistic form through Kafka's unique perception of the world.
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April 13, 2023
The idea that there exists such thing as a 鈥渕ust read鈥� book is one of the great fallacies diluting literature. To judge a reader unfavourably because a certain book is not on his or her shelf, rather than to praise and learn from the idiosyncratic choices to be found there instead, is to wish for a literature of bland homogeneity. To label a book 鈥渕ust read鈥� is to condemn it to being misunderstood. And when that book is by the strange, reclusive, haunted black-humourist Franz Kafka, and is given to students to pour over with grave seriousness for hints of political allegory or prophecy, the misunderstanding is so pronounced as to be, in itself, 鈥淜afkaesque鈥�.
All those young heads bowed over Metamorphosis, trying their damnedest to see in this giant bug the wisdom of the sage, when the sage himself must surely have been shaking his own head in disbelief at the balls-out irreverence of it, maybe even wondering, 鈥淚s it too ridiculous?鈥� It鈥檚 as if some high official had ordained that a sacred text be read and reported on by all those seeking admission to the Castle, but when the applicants receive that text they find in it the trivial rantings of a madman. So, desperately, unwilling to crack a smile lest the Castle feel itself mocked, they eke out some tenuous thread of analysis and miss the sacredness, AKA the humour.
In speaking of Kafka, Milan Kundera quotes Czech poet Jan Skacel:
He goes on to say:
At his best, Franz Kafka served this 鈥渢ruth to be discovered鈥�, this 鈥渄azzlement鈥�, as devoutly as any writer I know of. This is his legacy: freedom. Or what Kundera calls 鈥渞adical autonomy鈥�. When occasionally, to the delight of the scholars, he bogs himself down in allegory (鈥淚n the Penal Colony鈥�, 鈥淚nvestigations of a Dog鈥�, to some extent 鈥淎 Hunger Artist鈥�), he fritters away his gift on grand ideals. But when in a moment of sheer wilful abandon his imagination takes over and propels him 鈥� like the country doctor unable to control his horses 鈥� into the unknown, he is unassailable. 鈥淎 Country Doctor鈥� is five of the most kaleidoscopic and dizzying pages in history: the horses鈥� faces lolling like cardboard cutouts in the bedroom window at the end are Kafka鈥檚 own rebellious muses laughing at him as he curls up in bed with his wound. His Hunter Gracchus is a journeyer from beyond, washed up by mistake in the quotidian world. 鈥淭he Knock at the Manor Gate鈥�, 鈥淭he Test鈥�, 鈥淭he Helmsman鈥� 鈥� everywhere there are things in flux on either side of the boundary of dreams. Unfinished stories abound, because Kafka does not do 鈥渇inished鈥�. Even the near-perfect Metamorphosis ends with a non-ending, and frequently his neatest stories are his most facile. Kafka鈥檚 gift is an inspired one, and inspiration, as we know, doesn鈥檛 necessarily wait around while we add the finishing touches. These fragments are seeds, or bombs, and their author a wily rebel possessed by the Imp of the Perverse, unsure himself whether he is a gardener or a terrorist. Just, whatever you do, don鈥檛 鈥渟tudy鈥� them. Live these stories or leave them alone. More dead readings will only clutter our view of them.
Fact: Kafka is funny.
Fact: He鈥檚 not for everyone.
Fact: He writes to the dictates of his heart, not to preach politics or predict the future.
And if you don鈥檛 get him, no-one but the most pretentious snob is going to judge you for it.
There are no 鈥渕ust read鈥� books.
All those young heads bowed over Metamorphosis, trying their damnedest to see in this giant bug the wisdom of the sage, when the sage himself must surely have been shaking his own head in disbelief at the balls-out irreverence of it, maybe even wondering, 鈥淚s it too ridiculous?鈥� It鈥檚 as if some high official had ordained that a sacred text be read and reported on by all those seeking admission to the Castle, but when the applicants receive that text they find in it the trivial rantings of a madman. So, desperately, unwilling to crack a smile lest the Castle feel itself mocked, they eke out some tenuous thread of analysis and miss the sacredness, AKA the humour.
In speaking of Kafka, Milan Kundera quotes Czech poet Jan Skacel:
Poets don鈥檛 invent poems
The poem is somewhere behind
It鈥檚 been there for a long time
The poet merely discovers it
He goes on to say:
Indeed, if instead of seeking 鈥渢he poem鈥� hidden 鈥渟omewhere behind鈥� the poet 鈥渆ngages鈥� himself to the service of a truth known from the outset... he has renounced the mission of poetry. And it matters little whether the preconceived truth is called revolution or dissidence, Christian faith or atheism, whether it is more justified or less justified; a poet who serves any truth other than the truth to be discovered (which is dazzlement) is a false poet.
At his best, Franz Kafka served this 鈥渢ruth to be discovered鈥�, this 鈥渄azzlement鈥�, as devoutly as any writer I know of. This is his legacy: freedom. Or what Kundera calls 鈥渞adical autonomy鈥�. When occasionally, to the delight of the scholars, he bogs himself down in allegory (鈥淚n the Penal Colony鈥�, 鈥淚nvestigations of a Dog鈥�, to some extent 鈥淎 Hunger Artist鈥�), he fritters away his gift on grand ideals. But when in a moment of sheer wilful abandon his imagination takes over and propels him 鈥� like the country doctor unable to control his horses 鈥� into the unknown, he is unassailable. 鈥淎 Country Doctor鈥� is five of the most kaleidoscopic and dizzying pages in history: the horses鈥� faces lolling like cardboard cutouts in the bedroom window at the end are Kafka鈥檚 own rebellious muses laughing at him as he curls up in bed with his wound. His Hunter Gracchus is a journeyer from beyond, washed up by mistake in the quotidian world. 鈥淭he Knock at the Manor Gate鈥�, 鈥淭he Test鈥�, 鈥淭he Helmsman鈥� 鈥� everywhere there are things in flux on either side of the boundary of dreams. Unfinished stories abound, because Kafka does not do 鈥渇inished鈥�. Even the near-perfect Metamorphosis ends with a non-ending, and frequently his neatest stories are his most facile. Kafka鈥檚 gift is an inspired one, and inspiration, as we know, doesn鈥檛 necessarily wait around while we add the finishing touches. These fragments are seeds, or bombs, and their author a wily rebel possessed by the Imp of the Perverse, unsure himself whether he is a gardener or a terrorist. Just, whatever you do, don鈥檛 鈥渟tudy鈥� them. Live these stories or leave them alone. More dead readings will only clutter our view of them.
Fact: Kafka is funny.
Fact: He鈥檚 not for everyone.
Fact: He writes to the dictates of his heart, not to preach politics or predict the future.
And if you don鈥檛 get him, no-one but the most pretentious snob is going to judge you for it.
There are no 鈥渕ust read鈥� books.
鈥淭he Vulture鈥�
A vulture was hacking at my feet. It had already torn my boots and stockings to shreds, now it was hacking at the feet themselves. Again and again it struck at them, then circled several times restlessly around me, then returned to continue its work. A gentleman passed by, looked on for a while, then asked me why I suffered the vulture. 鈥淚鈥檓 helpless,鈥� I said. 鈥淲hen it came and began to attack me, I of course tried to drive it away, even to strangle it, but these animals are very strong, it was about to spring at my face, but I preferred to sacrifice my feet. Now they are almost torn to bits.鈥� 鈥淔ancy letting yourself be tortured like this,鈥� said the gentleman, 鈥淚鈥檝e only got to go home and get my gun. Could you wait another half-hour?鈥� 鈥淚鈥檓 not sure about that,鈥� said I, and stood for a moment rigid with pain. Then I said, 鈥淒o try it in any case, please.鈥� 鈥淰ery well,鈥� said the gentleman, 鈥淚鈥檒l be as quick as I can.鈥� During this conversation the vulture had been calmly listening, letting its eye rove between me and the gentleman. Now I realized that it had understood everything; it took wing, leaning far back to gain impetus, and then, like a javelin thrower, thrust its beak through my mouth, deep into me. Falling back, I was relieved to feel him drowning irretrievably in my blood, which was filling every depth, flooding every shore.
October 12, 2024
Compilaci贸n de cuentos cortos geniales escritos por el a煤n m谩s genial Franz Kafka. Cuentos cortos que dan para m谩s de una interpretaci贸n. Lo que admiro de este gran se帽or es la posibilidad que le da al lector de crear sus propias ideas a partir de lo que 茅l escribe, hace que el lector piense y cree su propio escenario, Kafka no da todo "en bandeja".
Lo m谩s dif铆cil de todo siempre es entender los cuentos de Kafka, quiz谩s es muy criticado por eso. Al principio ni yo mismo no los entend铆a, pero una vez leyendo su biograf铆a se aclara todo. Para los que no entienden los cuentos de Kafka, les recomiendo leer la biograf铆a.
驴Recomendado? Totalmente, siempre y cuando lean su biograf铆a, sus cuentos se leen desde una perspectiva diferente.
Lo m谩s dif铆cil de todo siempre es entender los cuentos de Kafka, quiz谩s es muy criticado por eso. Al principio ni yo mismo no los entend铆a, pero una vez leyendo su biograf铆a se aclara todo. Para los que no entienden los cuentos de Kafka, les recomiendo leer la biograf铆a.
驴Recomendado? Totalmente, siempre y cuando lean su biograf铆a, sus cuentos se leen desde una perspectiva diferente.
January 27, 2018
I think it's a little mistake to judge Kafka considering only "The Metamorphosis". There's a whole different view on things in some of his stories. You're not going to find a nice, warm, fuzzy, Care Bear kind of book (that line made sense in my mind). But some of his stories do show another side of him. I personally like the psychological twisted, complicated, claustrophobic and absurd ones with a weird sense of humor (yes, he can be funny) and infinite interpretations. But that's just me.
I liked most of his stories, a few names come to mind (I don't know why and in no specific order): 鈥淎 Hunger Artist鈥�, a disturbing yet beautiful story about an alienated artist; 鈥淚n the Penal Colony鈥�; 鈥淓leven sons鈥� and its poetic descriptions; 鈥淎 dream鈥� (loved its disquieting atmosphere --is that making sense?); 鈥淭he Great Wall of China鈥�; 鈥淎 Report to an Academy鈥� (fresh air); 鈥淭he Problem of Our Laws鈥� that gives you a feeling of despair, because you find yourself being governed by people (noble people) you'll never meet with their rules that you're not supposed to understand; 鈥淎 Fratricide鈥� (kind of shocked me); "The Cares of a Family Man", short stories like that leave you thinking about what the heck he was writing about.
Kafka is a complicated writer, that's true. But the difficult ones often help you to see ordinary things from another perspective. And yes, that's not always sunshine and rainbows, but that's the other inevitable side of life. He mostly described awful, absurd, stressful, weird and confusing situations that human beings experience on daily basis. Sadly, I can relate to his labyrinths of endless bureaucracy. A lot.
This writer is not for everyone. And there's nothing wrong with that. In my humble opinion, he was a man who was able to write, among many other things, something like 鈥淏efore the Law鈥� (a parable that appears in one of my favorites novels); such a familiar feeling. So my connection with him was instantaneous. (It's a shame that mostly happens with people that died a couple or hundreds of years ago. No Lake House around here, huh? God, I hated that movie.)
Anyway, 鈥淏efore the Law鈥� is a short and great example of one of the many sides a Kafkaesque universe has.
Feb 23, 14
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I liked most of his stories, a few names come to mind (I don't know why and in no specific order): 鈥淎 Hunger Artist鈥�, a disturbing yet beautiful story about an alienated artist; 鈥淚n the Penal Colony鈥�; 鈥淓leven sons鈥� and its poetic descriptions; 鈥淎 dream鈥� (loved its disquieting atmosphere --is that making sense?); 鈥淭he Great Wall of China鈥�; 鈥淎 Report to an Academy鈥� (fresh air); 鈥淭he Problem of Our Laws鈥� that gives you a feeling of despair, because you find yourself being governed by people (noble people) you'll never meet with their rules that you're not supposed to understand; 鈥淎 Fratricide鈥� (kind of shocked me); "The Cares of a Family Man", short stories like that leave you thinking about what the heck he was writing about.
Kafka is a complicated writer, that's true. But the difficult ones often help you to see ordinary things from another perspective. And yes, that's not always sunshine and rainbows, but that's the other inevitable side of life. He mostly described awful, absurd, stressful, weird and confusing situations that human beings experience on daily basis. Sadly, I can relate to his labyrinths of endless bureaucracy. A lot.
This writer is not for everyone. And there's nothing wrong with that. In my humble opinion, he was a man who was able to write, among many other things, something like 鈥淏efore the Law鈥� (a parable that appears in one of my favorites novels); such a familiar feeling. So my connection with him was instantaneous. (It's a shame that mostly happens with people that died a couple or hundreds of years ago. No Lake House around here, huh? God, I hated that movie.)
Anyway, 鈥淏efore the Law鈥� is a short and great example of one of the many sides a Kafkaesque universe has.
Feb 23, 14
* Also on .
March 12, 2016
Algo que me encanta de las obras de Kafka es que obligan a sus lectores a crear sus propios pensamientos, no llenan como carcasas vac铆as sus cr谩neos con ideas del autor. El entendimiento no llega de manera expl铆cita, sino que debe pasar por una espinosa actividad cerebral y, merced a eso, forma pensadores en vez de conocedores. Con esto quiero decir que el lector comprende la obra hasta donde su nivel de razonamiento le permite, y no solo eso, sino que asimismo el lector puede tener una interpretaci贸n muy distinta de la de otro y a su vez pueden ser ambas correctas. Para ejemplificar esto 煤ltimo, Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov, Jean-Paul Sartre y Roland Barthes son algunos de los que estudiaron la bibliograf铆a kafkiana, sin embargo, no llegaron a tan parecidas resoluciones. Aun as铆, es irrefutable que los cuatro eran genios, y yo sostengo que todos estaban en lo cierto. Los trabajos de Kafka son personales, hasta inalienables, no son invariables. La magia de estos escritos radica en ese sometimiento intr铆nseco. Con un libro cualquiera, pensar es una opci贸n, la duda es casi nula, en cambio, con Kafka, pensar es un compromiso y dudar, inevitable.
Lo que nosotros absorbemos de Kafka es una expresi贸n m谩s aguda de nosotros mismos. Kafka permite conocernos, explorarnos, completarnos con lo que tenemos dentro pero antes ignor谩bamos. Y es m谩s que eso, puesto que cuando una persona lee un trabajo brillante pero este se transmite de manera evidente, esa persona lo va a comprender llanamente y va a pasar a manejar un conocimiento brillante que probablemente jam谩s se le hubiera ocurrido, y un individuo as铆, con un intelecto armado y que lo supera, contaminado por el de alguien ajeno, se transformar铆a en una clase de recipiente sin deducci贸n, un simple hu茅sped de un par谩sito, que act煤a sin identidad. Muchas obras que aspiran a ense帽ar logran esto, pero Kafka logra lo contrario: impulsa nuestra identidad a partir de un 谩pice de su raciocinio, y nosotros lo tomamos y lo llevamos por el laberinto de nuestra reflexi贸n para interpretarlo con idiosincrasia subjetiva y no colectiva.
Ahora bien, supongamos un caso hipot茅tico en el que se lograse dilucidar c贸mo debe ser le铆da la obra kafkiana. Supongamos que se llegase a la conclusi贸n de que las historias son alegor铆as a la turbia relaci贸n de Kafka con su padre, o que deben ser interpretadas desde un perfil religioso, o pol铆tico. 驴Estar铆a bien descartar las otras teor铆as aunque estas tambi茅n valiesen sim茅tricamente como soluciones? Ah铆 entrar铆amos en otra discusi贸n: 驴la obra de un escritor adquiere un significado imperturbable cuando posee una direcci贸n especifica? 驴O la experiencia y su significaci贸n es particular de cada lector? En mi opini贸n, cuando se trata un libro en concreto, nos debemos circunscribir al libro mismo. Conocer las intensiones del escritor aportan datos sobre este, no obstante, mientras la relaci贸n entre un libro y un lector sea privada, la interpretaci贸n ser谩 privada, es decir, personal. El trabajo de la ficci贸n es nutrir, desarrollar, no rellenar; darle las herramientas al lector para que componga su propia construcci贸n, no dar una construcci贸n para que luego le ponga su nombre como si fuese su creador. El conocimiento es poder, pero cuando el conocimiento supera a su portador, los roles se invierten y el individuo termina siendo una reproducci贸n, un facs铆mil de alguien m谩s.
Lo que nosotros absorbemos de Kafka es una expresi贸n m谩s aguda de nosotros mismos. Kafka permite conocernos, explorarnos, completarnos con lo que tenemos dentro pero antes ignor谩bamos. Y es m谩s que eso, puesto que cuando una persona lee un trabajo brillante pero este se transmite de manera evidente, esa persona lo va a comprender llanamente y va a pasar a manejar un conocimiento brillante que probablemente jam谩s se le hubiera ocurrido, y un individuo as铆, con un intelecto armado y que lo supera, contaminado por el de alguien ajeno, se transformar铆a en una clase de recipiente sin deducci贸n, un simple hu茅sped de un par谩sito, que act煤a sin identidad. Muchas obras que aspiran a ense帽ar logran esto, pero Kafka logra lo contrario: impulsa nuestra identidad a partir de un 谩pice de su raciocinio, y nosotros lo tomamos y lo llevamos por el laberinto de nuestra reflexi贸n para interpretarlo con idiosincrasia subjetiva y no colectiva.
Ahora bien, supongamos un caso hipot茅tico en el que se lograse dilucidar c贸mo debe ser le铆da la obra kafkiana. Supongamos que se llegase a la conclusi贸n de que las historias son alegor铆as a la turbia relaci贸n de Kafka con su padre, o que deben ser interpretadas desde un perfil religioso, o pol铆tico. 驴Estar铆a bien descartar las otras teor铆as aunque estas tambi茅n valiesen sim茅tricamente como soluciones? Ah铆 entrar铆amos en otra discusi贸n: 驴la obra de un escritor adquiere un significado imperturbable cuando posee una direcci贸n especifica? 驴O la experiencia y su significaci贸n es particular de cada lector? En mi opini贸n, cuando se trata un libro en concreto, nos debemos circunscribir al libro mismo. Conocer las intensiones del escritor aportan datos sobre este, no obstante, mientras la relaci贸n entre un libro y un lector sea privada, la interpretaci贸n ser谩 privada, es decir, personal. El trabajo de la ficci贸n es nutrir, desarrollar, no rellenar; darle las herramientas al lector para que componga su propia construcci贸n, no dar una construcci贸n para que luego le ponga su nombre como si fuese su creador. El conocimiento es poder, pero cuando el conocimiento supera a su portador, los roles se invierten y el individuo termina siendo una reproducci贸n, un facs铆mil de alguien m谩s.
September 16, 2016
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倬賳噩賲: 亘丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖 <讴丕賮讴丕> 氐丿 丿乇 氐丿 賲鬲賵噩賴 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 乇丕爻禺 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘賴 丌賳 噩賴丕賳 賵 蹖丕 噩賴丕賳 丿蹖诏乇貙 賲蹖卮賵蹖丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 毓噩蹖亘 丕爻鬲 賵 丕夭 禺乇丿賽 <讴丕賮讴丕> 亘賴 丿賵乇 丕爻鬲... 趩乇丕 責責責 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 賴賲趩賵賳 <讴丕賮讴丕> 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖卮 亘賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丌賳诏賵賳賴 丕賱賯丕亍 讴賳丿 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 丕賲蹖丿賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 讴賴 丕夭 丌賳 噩賴丕賳 卮賳蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲 丿乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 賴丕蹖 丕蹖賳 丿賳蹖丕 倬蹖丿丕 讴賳丿... 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩賱賵 賯丕賳賵賳貙 倬丕爻亘丕賳 蹖丕 丿乇亘丕賳 亘賴 丌賳 卮禺氐賽 丿賴丕鬲蹖 丕噩丕夭賴 毓亘賵乇 賳賲蹖丿賴丿.. 賵賱蹖 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 <讴丕賮讴丕> 丕卮丕乇賴 丕蹖 亘賴 丿蹖丿賳 乇賵卮賳丕蹖蹖 丿乇 賱丨馗賴贁 賲乇诏 丿賴丕鬲蹖 丿丕乇丿貙 讴賴 亘乇诏乇賮鬲賴 丕夭 賴賲丕賳 丕毓鬲賯丕丿丕鬲 賲賵賴賵賲 賲匕賴亘蹖 賵 丿蹖賳蹖 賲蹖亘丕卮丿... 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖乇爻蹖丿 <讴丕賮讴丕> 賴賲趩賵賳 夭賳丿賴 蹖丕丿 <氐丕丿賯 賴丿丕蹖鬲> 賵丕賯毓 诏乇丕 亘丕卮丿貙 丕賲賾丕 亘乇禺蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖卮 禺賱丕賮賽 丕蹖賳 賲賵囟賵毓 乇丕 孬丕亘鬲 賲蹖讴賳丿
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丕賵賱: 賴乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 賲毓賲丕诏賵賳賴 賲蹖亘丕卮丿貙 趩乇丕讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 賲鬲賵噩賴 卮賵蹖賲 讴賴 賴丿賮 丕毓鬲乇丕囟 <讴丕賮讴丕> 亘賴 讴噩丕 賵 蹖丕 亘賴 趩賴 卮禺氐 賵 丕卮禺丕氐蹖 賲蹖亘丕卮丿!! 賲孬賱丕賸 丿乇 亘乇禺蹖 丕夭 噩丕賴丕 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖讴賳賲貙 丕賵 亘賴 禺賵丿卮 賳蹖夭 丕毓鬲乇丕囟 賲蹖讴賳丿
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丿賵賲: 趩乇丕 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 丕讴孬乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕貙 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賵 蹖丕 賲賵噩賵丿 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 倬蹖乇賵夭 賳賲蹖卮賵丿!責 賵 蹖丕 趩乇丕 丕讴孬乇 丌賳賴丕 賲蹖賲蹖乇賳丿責 賵 蹖丕 趩乇丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲賽 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿乇 亘蹖卮鬲乇賽 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖賽 丕賵 亘丕蹖丿 鬲賯丕氐 倬爻 亘丿賴丿 賵 噩乇蹖賲賴 卮賵丿!! 賲孬丕賱: 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 賲乇丿蹖 讴賴 賱丕卮禺賵乇 丿乇 丨丕賱 禺賵乇丿賳卮 亘賵丿 ... 蹖丕 賲賵卮蹖 讴賴 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 诏乇亘賴 卮丿 ... 賲乇丿蹖 讴賴 鬲丕 賱丨馗賴 賲乇诏 賲賳鬲馗乇 丕噩丕夭賴贁 丿乇亘丕賳賽 賯丕賳賵賳 亘賵丿... 蹖丕 丌賳 賳丕禺丿丕蹖蹖 讴賴 噩丕卮賵賴丕 賵 讴丕乇讴賳丕賳 讴卮鬲蹖 爻乇蹖毓 亘賴 蹖讴 賳丕禺丿丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 丕賵 乇丕 賮乇賵禺鬲賳丿... 蹖丕 賲乇丿蹖 讴賴 亘蹖賳 亘賵鬲賴 賴丕蹖 禺丕乇丿丕乇 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 卮丿賴 亘賵丿
丿賵爻鬲丕賳賽 禺乇丿诏乇丕貙 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 賲乇丨賱賴贁 丕賵賱 亘丿丕賳蹖賲 讴賴貙 賮賱爻賮賴贁 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 讴丕賮讴丕 亘丕禺鬲賳 賵 賮乇賵倬丕卮蹖 賲蹖亘丕卮丿.. 賵 丕蹖賳 賲賵囟賵毓 禺賵丿卮 噩丕蹖 倬乇爻卮 丿丕乇丿
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爻賵賲: 亘丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 鬲賲丕賲蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖 讴丕賮讴丕貙 賲鬲賵噩賴 賲蹖卮賵蹖丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕夭 鬲賲丕賲蹖 賳丕卮賳丕禺鬲賴 賴丕 亘賴 賳賵毓蹖 鬲乇爻 賵 賵丕賴賲賴 丿丕乇丿 ... 丕賲賾丕 丿賯蹖賯丕賸 丿賱蹖賱賽 鬲乇爻 丕賵 乇丕 賳賲蹖 丿丕賳蹖賲
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趩賴丕乇賲: 丿乇 賲賳 鬲乇丿蹖丿 丕蹖噩丕丿 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 <讴丕賮讴丕> 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 丕蹖賳 丌乇丕賲卮蹖 讴賴 丿丕乇丿貙 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賵 賲禺丕胤亘 乇丕 亘賴 丕賳賯賱丕亘诏乇丕蹖蹖貙 丌賳賴賲 亘賴 卮蹖賵賴贁 乇丕丿蹖讴丕賱蹖 賵 鬲賵爻賱 亘賴 夭賵乇貙 鬲卮賵蹖賯 賲蹖讴賳丿責!責 丕诏乇 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 亘賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿賴丕鬲蹖 賵 丿乇亘丕賳 賯丕賳賵賳 亘丕 丿賯鬲 亘蹖賳丿蹖卮蹖丿貙 賲鬲賵噩賴 丕蹖賳 爻禺賳賽 賲賳 賲蹖卮賵蹖丿.. 趩乇丕讴賴 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 倬丕爻亘丕賳 亘賴 丿賴丕鬲蹖 賲蹖诏賵蹖丿: 賴蹖趩讴爻 亘賴 噩夭 鬲賵 賳賲蹖鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿乇 賵丕乇丿 卮賵丿 賵 丕蹖賳 丿乇亘賽 賵乇賵丿貙 賲禺氐賵氐 鬲賵 爻丕禺鬲賴 卮丿賴 亘賵丿... 丕蹖賳 亘丿丕賳 賲毓賳丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿賴丕鬲蹖 亘賴 賴乇 賯蹖賲鬲蹖 讴賴 卮丿賴 亘丕蹖丿 倬丕爻亘丕賳 蹖丕 丿乇亘丕賳 乇丕 丕夭 賲賯丕亘賱卮 亘乇賲蹖丿丕卮鬲貙 丨鬲蹖 亘賴 夭賵乇貙 賵 丌賳诏丕賴 丕夭 丿乇 毓亘賵乇 賲蹖讴乇丿.. 氐亘乇 讴乇丿賳 賵 乇卮賵賴 丿丕丿賳 賵 禺賵卮 乇賮鬲丕乇蹖 賮賯胤 賵 賮賯胤 丌賳 丿賴丕鬲蹖 乇丕 倬蹖乇 讴乇丿 賵 亘賴 賴賱丕讴鬲 乇爻丕賳丿.. 丿乇 氐賵乇鬲蹖讴賴 丕诏乇 丕夭 丕亘鬲丿丕 亘賴 夭賵乇 賲鬲賵爻賱 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘賵丿
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倬賳噩賲: 亘丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖 <讴丕賮讴丕> 氐丿 丿乇 氐丿 賲鬲賵噩賴 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 乇丕爻禺 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘賴 丌賳 噩賴丕賳 賵 蹖丕 噩賴丕賳 丿蹖诏乇貙 賲蹖卮賵蹖丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 毓噩蹖亘 丕爻鬲 賵 丕夭 禺乇丿賽 <讴丕賮讴丕> 亘賴 丿賵乇 丕爻鬲... 趩乇丕 責責責 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 賴賲趩賵賳 <讴丕賮讴丕> 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖卮 亘賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丌賳诏賵賳賴 丕賱賯丕亍 讴賳丿 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 丕賲蹖丿賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 讴賴 丕夭 丌賳 噩賴丕賳 卮賳蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲 丿乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 賴丕蹖 丕蹖賳 丿賳蹖丕 倬蹖丿丕 讴賳丿... 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩賱賵 賯丕賳賵賳貙 倬丕爻亘丕賳 蹖丕 丿乇亘丕賳 亘賴 丌賳 卮禺氐賽 丿賴丕鬲蹖 丕噩丕夭賴 毓亘賵乇 賳賲蹖丿賴丿.. 賵賱蹖 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 <讴丕賮讴丕> 丕卮丕乇賴 丕蹖 亘賴 丿蹖丿賳 乇賵卮賳丕蹖蹖 丿乇 賱丨馗賴贁 賲乇诏 丿賴丕鬲蹖 丿丕乇丿貙 讴賴 亘乇诏乇賮鬲賴 丕夭 賴賲丕賳 丕毓鬲賯丕丿丕鬲 賲賵賴賵賲 賲匕賴亘蹖 賵 丿蹖賳蹖 賲蹖亘丕卮丿... 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖乇爻蹖丿 <讴丕賮讴丕> 賴賲趩賵賳 夭賳丿賴 蹖丕丿 <氐丕丿賯 賴丿丕蹖鬲> 賵丕賯毓 诏乇丕 亘丕卮丿貙 丕賲賾丕 亘乇禺蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖卮 禺賱丕賮賽 丕蹖賳 賲賵囟賵毓 乇丕 孬丕亘鬲 賲蹖讴賳丿
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丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇賲 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 亘乇丕蹖賽 卮賲丕 毓夭蹖夭丕賳貙 賲賮蹖丿 亘賵丿賴 亘丕卮賴
<倬蹖乇賵夭 亘丕卮蹖丿 賵 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖>
January 3, 2020
There is a book written by Max Brod in 1928, four years after Kafka's death, titled Zauberreich Der Liebe (The Kingdom of Love /The Magic Realm of Love) its main character inspired after Kafka. I would be interested in reading it, if I could find the English translation somewhere. This book was rejected by Walter Benjamin with arguments that make no sense, in a letter to Gerhard Scholem, Paris, June 12, 1938. I do not know by what logic Walter Benjamin considers himself a connoisseur of Kafka's work, he goes so far as to reject Brod's biography about Kafka (Franz Kafka, eine Biographie, 1937).
I don't know if opinions like these are the reason why Max Brod's work has fallen into obscurity. I find this rather frustrating because it poses an obstacle to the understanding of Kafka's work. And nobody seems to care. Max Brod and Franz Kafka are like Damon and Phintias. How can we understand the one apart from the other? These two were writing together, reading together, living together. They inspired each other. They were helping each other. Kafka was reading Max Brod. He writes Das Urteil and among his influences mentions Max Brod's novel Arnold Beer: The Fate of a Jew / Arnold Beer: Das Schicksal eines Juden).
It seems to me that there is a sort of mistrust, even hostility against Brod's handling of his friend's intellectual heritage. But we would not have this heritage, to begin with, if Brod hadn't preserved it.
Where is Brod's work today? It has fallen into obscurity. In this edition of Kafka's collected stories the ones that are marked with an asterisk (*) were published during Kafka鈥檚 lifetime. The rest, we owe them to Brod.
螣喂 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻苇蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 畏渭蔚蟻慰位蠈纬喂伪 蟿慰蠀 Kafka 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 蔚魏未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼 螘尉维谓蟿伪蟼, 1998 蟽蔚 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蟻伪蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 螒纬纬苇位伪蟼 螔蔚蟻蠀魏慰魏维魏畏.
1. Before the law (Vor dem Gesetz) 螠蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 蟽蟿慰 螡蠈渭慰: 螝蠀魏位慰蠁蠈蟻畏蟽蔚 蠅蟼 伪谓蔚尉锟斤拷蟻蟿畏蟿慰 未喂萎纬畏渭伪 (蟽蟿畏 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 Ein Landarzt, 螆谓伪蟼 伪纬蟻慰蟿喂魏蠈蟼 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼, 蟽蟿伪 1919) 魏伪喂 蟿蔚位喂魏维 蔚谓蟽蠅渭伪蟿蠋胃畏魏蔚 蠅蟼 蟺伪蟻伪尾慰位萎 蟽蟿慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 "螚 未委魏畏". 螠喂伪 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 (蟺伪蟻伪尾慰位萎) 纬喂伪 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈 螁未蠀蟿慰 蟿蠅谓 螒未蠉蟿蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 魏维胃蔚 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀. 螆委谓伪喂 蔚魏蔚委谓慰 蟿慰 渭苇蟻慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蔚伪蠀蟿慰蠉 渭伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚谓蠋 蟺蟻慰慰蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蔚渭维蟼, 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 渭苇蟻慰蟼 渭伪蟼, 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 谓伪 蔚喂蟽苇位胃慰蠀渭蔚 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈, 未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 慰蠉蟿蔚 谓伪 蟿慰谓 纬谓蠅蟻委蟽慰蠀渭蔚 慰蠉蟿蔚 谓伪 蟿慰 魏伪蟿伪谓慰萎蟽慰蠀渭蔚.
2. A Message from the Emperor (Eine kaiserliche Botschaf) 螆谓伪 渭萎谓蠀渭伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 螒蠀蟿慰魏蟻维蟿慰蟻伪:
螠喂伪 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭畏 蟺伪蟻伪尾慰位萎 蠈蟺慰蠀 未畏渭慰蟽喂蔚蠉蟿畏魏蔚 伪蟻蠂喂魏维 伪谓蔚尉维蟻蟿畏蟿伪 蟽蟿畏 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 "螆谓伪蟼 蔚蟺伪蟻蠂喂伪魏蠈蟼 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼" 魏喂 苇蟺蔚喂蟿伪 蔚谓蟽蠅渭伪蟿蠋胃畏魏蔚 蟽蟿慰 苇蟻纬慰 渭蔚 蟿委蟿位慰: "韦慰 螠蔚纬维位慰 韦蔚委蠂慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 螝委谓伪蟼". 螣 伪蟺蔚蟽蟿伪位渭苇谓慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蠀蟿慰魏蟻维蟿慰蟻伪 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 蟽蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰谓 苇谓伪 蟽畏渭伪谓蟿喂魏蠈 渭萎谓蠀渭伪, 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 未蔚谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 蟺慰蟿苇 谓伪 蠁蟿维蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿慰谓 蟺伪蟻伪位萎蟺蟿畏 蟿慰蠀. 螢伪谓维 蔚未蠋 蟿慰 渭慰蟿委尾慰 伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蟿苇 未蔚谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 谓伪 纬谓蠅蟻委蟽慰蠀渭蔚, 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏喂 伪谓 蔚委谓伪喂 魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 伪谓萎魏蔚喂 蟽蔚 蔚渭维蟼 萎 蟺蟻慰慰蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蔚渭维蟼.
3. Description of a Struggle (Beschreibung eines Kampfes) 螤蔚蟻喂纬蟻伪蠁萎 渭喂伪蟼 蟺维位畏蟼
4. Wedding Preparations in the Country (Hochzeitsvorbereitungen auf dem Lande) 螕伪渭萎位喂蔚蟼 蟺蟻慰蔚蟿慰喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚尉慰蠂萎: 螚渭喂蟿蔚位苇蟼 苇蟻纬慰, 纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓慰 蟽蟿伪 1907 -8. 螠喂伪 尾蟻慰蠂蔚蟻萎 畏渭苇蟻伪 慰 未喂蟽蟿伪魏蟿喂魏蠈蟼 Eduard Raban 蠁蔚蠉纬蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟽蟺委蟿喂 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻慰魏蔚喂渭苇谓慰蠀 谓伪 蟺维蔚喂 蟽蟿慰谓 蟽蟿伪胃渭蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻伪委谓慰蠀 魏喂 伪蟺蠈 蔚魏蔚委 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚尉慰蠂萎 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿萎蟽蔚喂 蟿畏谓 伪蟻蟻伪尾蠅谓喂伪蟽蟿喂魏喂维 蟿慰蠀. 韦慰 渭蔚纬伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 渭苇蟻慰蟼 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 未喂伪位蠈纬慰蠀蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蠈位畏 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蟿蟻伪委谓慰, 蔚蟽蟿喂维味蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 魏委谓畏蟽畏 - 渭蔚蟿伪魏委谓畏蟽畏 - 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻维 蟺蟻慰蟼 苇谓伪谓 蟺蟻慰慰蟻喂蟽渭蠈 蟿畏谓 委未喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟺慰蠀 慰 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏蠈蟼 萎蟻蠅伪蟼 蔚蠉蠂蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 谓伪 尉蔚蠁蠉纬蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蠈位伪 伪蠀蟿维, 谓伪 蟽蟿蔚委位蔚喂 蟿慰 "谓蟿蠀渭苇谓慰 蟽蠋渭伪 蟿慰蠀" 魏喂 慰 委未喂慰蟼 谓伪 蟺伪蟻伪渭蔚委谓蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 蠀蟺谓慰未蠅渭维蟿喂蠈 蟿慰蠀, 蟽魏蔚蟺伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 魏喂蟿蟻喂谓慰魏伪蠁蔚蟿喂维 魏慰蠀尾苇蟻蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪渭慰蟻蠁蠅胃蔚委 蟽蔚 Hirschkafer (蟽魏伪胃维蟻喂) 萎 Maikafer (螠畏位慰位蠈谓胃畏).
螘未蠋 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蟿畏 螠蔚蟿伪渭蠈蟻蠁蠅蟽畏 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 蟿畏谓 喂未苇伪 蟿畏蟼 渭蔚蟿伪渭蠈蟻蠁蠅蟽畏蟼 蟽蔚 苇谓蟿慰渭慰 魏伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 畏 胃蔚蠅蟻委伪 蟺蠅蟼 蟺畏纬萎 苇渭蟺谓蔚蠀蟽萎蟼 蟿慰蠀 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 苇谓伪 伪蟺蠈蟽蟺伪蟽渭伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 螔苇蟻胃蔚蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 Goethe 蟽蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚蟿伪喂 畏 蔚蟺喂胃蠀渭委伪 蟿慰蠀 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪渭慰蟻蠁蠅胃蔚委 蟽蔚 Maienk盲fer (渭伪纬喂维蟿喂魏慰 苇谓蟿慰渭慰, 蟺伪蟽蠂伪位委蟿蟽伪). 韦慰 蟽畏渭蔚委慰 蟺慰蠀 蠁蟿维谓蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 蟺伪谓未慰蠂蔚委慰 伪位位维 魏伪谓苇谓伪蟼 未蔚谓 蟿慰谓 蠀蟺慰未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 蟽畏渭蔚委慰 蟽蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蟽蟿伪渭伪蟿维蔚喂 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈纬蟻伪蠁慰. 危蟿慰 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈纬蟻伪蠁慰 尉伪谓伪纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 渭喂伪 蔚魏未慰蠂萎 蠈蟺慰蠀 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 伪魏蠈渭伪 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蠈位畏, 蟺蔚蟻喂渭苇谓蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 魏蔚蠁伪位蠈蟽魏伪位慰 蟿慰蠀 蟽蟺喂蟿喂慰蠉 蟿慰蠀 谓伪 魏慰蟺维蟽蔚喂 畏 尾蟻慰蠂萎 魏伪喂 蟽蠀味畏蟿维蔚喂 渭蔚 苇谓伪谓 畏位喂魏喂蠅渭苇谓慰 维谓未蟻伪 魏伪喂 渭喂位维谓蔚 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 魏伪喂蟻蠈 魏伪喂 蟿伪 尾喂尾位委伪.
5. The Judgment (Das Urteil ) 螚 螝蟻委蟽畏
6. The Metamorphosis ((Die Verwandlung) 螚 渭蔚蟿伪渭蠈蟻蠁蠅蟽畏: 螒蠀蟿萎谓 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿畏 未喂伪尾维味蠅 魏伪蟿维 魏伪喂蟻慰蠉蟼 伪蟺蠈 17 蔚蟿蠋谓. 螖蔚谓 尉苇蟻蠅 蟺慰喂慰蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 维尉喂慰蟼 位蠉蟺畏蟽畏蟼. 螣 Gregor Samsa 萎 畏 慰喂魏慰纬苇谓蔚喂维 蟿慰蠀;
7. In the Penal Colony (In der Strafkolonie) 危蟿畏 蟽蠅蠁蟻慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 伪蟺慰喂魏委伪/ 危蟿畏谓 伪蟺慰喂魏委伪 蟿蠅谓 蟿喂渭蠅蟻畏渭苇谓蠅谓
8. The Village Schoolmaster - The Giant Mole (Der Dorfschullehrer -Der Riesenmaulwurf) 螣 未维蟽魏伪位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蠂蠅蟻喂慰蠉 - 螣 纬喂纬维谓蟿喂慰蟼 蟿蠀蠁位慰蟺蠈谓蟿喂魏伪蟼
9. Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor (Blumfeld, ein alterer Junggeselle) 螠蟺位慰蠉渭蠁蔚位谓蟿, 苇谓伪蟼 畏位喂魏喂蠅渭苇谓慰蟼 蔚蟻纬苇谓畏蟼.
10. The Warden of the Tomb (Der Gruftwachter) 螣 蠁蠉位伪魏伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟿维蠁慰蠀.
11. A Country Doctor (Ein Landarzt) 螆谓伪蟼 伪纬蟻慰蟿喂魏蠈蟼 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼.
12. The Hunter Gracchus (Der J盲ger Gracchus) 螣 魏蠀谓畏纬蠈蟼 螕蟻维魏蠂慰蟼.
13. The Great Wall of China (Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer) 韦慰 渭蔚纬维位慰 韦蔚委蠂慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 螝委谓伪蟼.
14. A Report to an Academy (Ein Bericht f眉r eine Akademie) 螒谓伪蠁慰蟻维 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 螒魏伪未畏渭委伪: 螣 蟺委胃畏魏慰蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰 蠈谓慰渭伪 螝蠈魏魏喂谓慰蟼 螤苇蟿蟻慰蟼, 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽喂维味蔚喂 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蠀谓维胃蟻慰喂蟽畏 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿畏渭蠈谓蠅谓 蟿畏谓 伪位位蠈魏慰蟿畏 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿畏蟼 蔚尉苇位喂尉萎蟼 蟿慰蠀 伪蟺蠈 味蠋慰 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蟺位维蟽渭伪 渭蔚 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓蔚蟼 喂未喂蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻喂蠁慰蟻维, 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 蟺伪蟻伪渭苇谓蔚喂 蔚纬魏位蠅尾喂蟽渭苇谓慰 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 未蠉慰 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀蟼, 蟽蟿畏谓 慰蠀蟽委伪 蟿慰 渭蠈谓慰 蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿维蠁蔚蟻蔚 蔚委谓伪喂 谓伪 伪谓蟿喂魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿萎蟽蔚喂 蟿慰 伪蟻蠂喂魏蠈 魏位慰蠀尾委 蟿畏蟼 伪喂蠂渭伪位蠅蟽委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚 苇谓伪 维位位慰 蟺喂慰 蔚蠀蟻蠉蠂蠅蟻慰, 纬喂伪 蟺维谓蟿伪 渭蠈谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 尉苇谓慰蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿畏 蠁蠀位伪魏萎 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀 蟿蠅谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺蠅谓. 螆谓伪 蟺位维蟽渭伪 蟺慰蠀 味蔚喂 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蔚 未蠉慰 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀蟼, 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蔚谓未喂维渭蔚蟽畏 魏伪蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽畏. 螤蔚蟻喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 蟿慰蠀 螒纬蟻慰蟿喂魏慰蠉 螕喂伪蟿蟻慰蠉, 1919.
15. The Refusal (Die Abweisung) 螚 伪蟺蠈蟻蟻喂蠄畏: 螁位位畏 渭喂伪 蔚魏未慰蠂萎蟼 渭喂伪蟼 渭喂魏蟻萎蟼 蔚蟺伪蟻蠂喂伪魏萎蟼 蟺蠈位畏蟼 畏 慰蟺慰委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 魏慰渭渭维蟿喂 渭喂伪蟼 伪蠂伪谓慰蠉蟼 蠂蠋蟻伪蟼, 蠈蟺慰蠀 慰喂 伪蟺慰蟽蟿维蟽蔚喂蟼 蠁伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 蔚魏蟿蔚委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 维蟺蔚喂蟻慰. 螠伪魏蟻喂维 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 蟽蠉谓慰蟻伪, 渭伪魏蟻喂维 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠅蟿蔚蠉慰蠀蟽伪, 渭伪魏蟻喂维 伪蟺蠈 蠈位慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 维位位慰蠀蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼. 螆谓伪蟼 蟿蠈蟺慰蟼 伪蟺慰渭慰谓蠅渭苇谓慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠀蟺慰魏蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟺伪蟻维位慰纬畏 蔚尉慰蠀蟽委伪 萎 慰蟺慰委伪 蟽蠀谓蟿畏蟻蔚委蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蔚尉委蟽慰蠀 蟺伪蟻维位慰纬慰蠀蟼, 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 蟺伪喂未喂魏慰蠉蟼 蠁蠈尾慰蠀蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟺慰位喂蟿蠋谓. 螠蠈谓慰 慰喂 谓苇慰喂 蠁伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 未蠀蟽蠁慰蟻慰蠉谓 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蠈位畏 魏伪蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽畏 伪位位维 魏伪喂 伪蠀蟿慰委 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭伪 胃伪 渭蔚纬伪位蠋蟽慰蠀谓 魏伪喂 胃伪 伪蟺慰蟻蟻慰蠁畏胃慰蠉谓 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟽蠉蟽蟿畏渭伪.
16. A Hunger Artist (Ein Hungerk眉nstler) 螣 魏伪位位喂蟿苇蠂谓畏蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺蔚委谓伪蟼: 螠喂伪 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟺慰蠀 渭喂位维蔚喂 纬喂伪 苇谓伪谓 蔚蟺伪纬纬蔚位渭伪蟿委伪 谓畏蟽蟿蔚蠀蟿萎 蟺慰蠀 蔚魏胃苇蟿蔚喂 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 魏位慰蠀尾委, 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 蟺蠈位慰 苇位尉畏蟼 纬喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺蔚蟻委蔚蟻纬慰蠀蟼 胃蔚伪蟿苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺位畏蟻蠋谓慰蠀谓 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟿慰谓 未慰蠀谓 谓伪 蟽尾萎谓蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蟽喂蟿委伪. 惟蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 伪蟺慰魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 慰 委未喂慰蟼 蟿畏 胃位喂尾蔚蟻萎 伪喂蟿委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 魏维谓蔚喂 谓伪 伪蟻谓蔚委蟿伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟿蟻慰蠁萎:
17. Investigations of a Dog (Forschungen eines Hundes) 螆蟻蔚蠀谓蔚蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 蟽魏蠉位慰蠀: 违蟺苇蟻慰蠂畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 纬蔚渭维蟿畏 蟽慰蠁委伪 魏伪喂 蟺喂魏蟻萎 蔚喂蟻蠅谓蔚委伪. 螌位伪 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿萎谓 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 尾纬维味慰蠀谓 谓蠈畏渭伪 蔚维谓 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽胃苇蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 慰 蟽魏蠉位慰蟼 魏伪喂 纬蔚谓喂魏维 慰 蟽魏蠀位蠈魏慰蟽渭慰蟼 伪未蠀谓伪蟿蔚委 谓伪 未蔚喂. 螚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 纬蟻维蠁蟿畏魏蔚 蟽蟿伪 1922 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 未畏渭慰蟽喂蔚蠉蟿畏魏蔚 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏 未喂维蟻魏蔚喂伪 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏伪位位喂蟿苇蠂谓畏. 围伪蟻伪魏蟿畏蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 伪委蟽胃畏蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 伪蟺蠈位蠀蟿畏蟼 渭慰谓伪尉喂维蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈蟻蟻喂蠄畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂 慰 蟽魏蠉位慰蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 慰渭慰委慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀, 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿伪委蟻喂, 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蠁委位慰蠀蟼, 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 慰渭慰蠆未蔚维蟿蔚蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 魏喂 伪蠀蟿蠈蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 蟿蠈蟽伪 维位位伪 魏伪蠁魏喂魏维 蟺位维蟽渭伪蟿伪, 蔚纬魏位蠅尾喂蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蔚 未蠉慰 魏蠈蟽渭慰蟼 魏伪喂 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿蠈 蠂伪渭苇谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 未蠀慰.
18. A Little Woman (Eine kleine Frau) 螠喂伪 渭喂魏蟻萎 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪: 韦慰谓 螣魏蟿蠋尾蟻喂慰 - 螖蔚魏苇渭尾蟻喂慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 1923 慰 Kafka 味蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蟽蠉谓蟿蟻慰蠁慰 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蟿畏谓 Dora Dymant 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 魏伪蟿慰喂魏委伪 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂慰蠀谓 谓慰喂魏喂维蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 慰未蠈 Miquelstrasse 8, 蟺蔚蟻喂慰蠂萎 Steglitz 蟿慰蠀 螔蔚蟻慰位委谓慰蠀. 螌蟺蠅蟼 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 魏伪喂 慰 Max Brod (蟽蔚位. 580 蟺伪蟻慰蠉蟽伪蟼 苇魏未慰蟽畏蟼) 慰 Kafka 蔚渭蟺谓蔚蠉蟽蟿畏魏蔚 伪蠀蟿萎谓 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蟽蟺喂蟿慰谓慰喂魏慰魏蠀蟻维 蟿慰蠀, 苇谓伪 伪位位慰蟺蟻蠈蟽伪位位慰 蟺位维蟽渭伪 鈥�渭喂伪 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 未喂魏伪蟽蟿萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 味蔚喂 蟽蔚 魏蠈谓蟿蟻伪 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 委未喂慰 蟿畏蟼 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈, 蟿慰谓 慰蟺慰委慰 未蔚谓 纬谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂鈥�. 螘委谓伪喂 蟺蟻慰蠁伪谓苇蟼 蟺蠅蟼 苇谓伪蟼 蟿苇蟿慰喂慰蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼, 未喂蠂伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 未喂蟿蟿蠈蟼 未蔚谓 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 蟺伪蟻维 谓伪 蔚渭蟺谓蔚蠉蟽蔚喂 蟿慰谓 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 未喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 伪谓蟿喂渭蔚蟿蠋蟺喂味蔚 蟽蔚 蠈位畏 蟿慰蠀 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟺伪蟻蠈渭慰喂蔚蟼 未蠀蟽魏慰位委蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿慰伪蟺慰未慰蠂萎蟼, 慰蟺蠈蟿蔚 蟿慰 魏蔚委渭蔚谓慰 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬蔚喂 谓伪 蟺蔚蟻喂苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟺慰位位维 伪蠀蟿慰伪谓伪蠁慰蟻喂魏维 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 维位位蠅蟽蟿蔚 蠈位伪 蟿伪 苇蟻纬伪 蟿慰蠀 Kafka.
19. The Burrow (Der Bau) 韦慰 魏蟿委蟽渭伪/ 螞伪纬慰蠉渭喂.
20. Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk (Josefine, die S盲ngerin oder Das Volk der M盲use) 螚 螙慰味蔚蠁委谓伪, 畏 蟿蟻伪纬慰蠀未委蟽蟿蟻喂伪 萎 慰 位伪蠈蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟺慰谓蟿喂魏喂蠋谓.
危蠀位位慰纬萎 未喂畏纬畏渭维蟿蠅谓 渭蔚 纬蔚谓喂魏蠈 蟿委蟿位慰: Betrachtung (螖喂伪位慰纬喂蟽渭慰委/ 危蟿慰蠂伪蟽渭慰委).
螚 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 渭蔚 纬蔚谓喂魏蠈 蟿委蟿位慰 "螆谓伪蟼 伪纬蟻慰蟿喂魏蠈蟼 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼" 蟺苇蟻伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 慰渭蠋谓蠀渭慰 未喂萎纬畏渭伪 蟺蔚蟻喂位维渭尾伪谓蔚 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 蟿伪:
Der neue Advokat (螣 谓苇慰蟼 未喂魏畏纬蠈蟻慰蟼), Auf der Galerie (螤维谓蠅 蟽蟿畏 纬伪位伪蟻委伪), Ein altes Blatt (苇谓伪 蟺伪位喂蠈 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈纬蟻伪蠁慰/ 螆谓伪 蟺伪位喂蠈 蠁蠉位位慰), Vor dem Gesetz (渭蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 蟽蟿慰 谓蠈渭慰), Schakale und Araber (韦蟽伪魏维位喂伪 魏伪喂 螁蟻伪尾蔚蟼), Ein Besuch im Bergwerk (螠喂伪 蔚蟺委蟽魏蔚蠄畏 蟽蟿慰 慰蟻蠀蠂蔚委慰), Das n盲chste Dorf (韦慰 纬蔚喂蟿慰谓喂魏蠈 蠂蠅蟻喂蠈/韦慰 未喂蟺位伪谓蠈 蠂蠅蟻喂蠈 ), Eine kaiserliche Botschaft (螆谓伪 伪蠀蟿慰魏蟻伪蟿慰蟻喂魏蠈 渭萎谓蠀渭伪), Die Sorge des Hausvaters (螚 苇纬谓慰喂伪 蟿慰蠀 慰喂魏慰纬蔚谓蔚喂维蟻蠂畏), Elf S枚hne (螆谓蟿蔚魏伪 纬喂慰喂), Der Mord / Ein Brudermord (螠喂伪 未慰位慰蠁慰谓委伪/ 伪未蔚位蠁慰魏蟿慰谓委伪), Ein Traum (苇谓伪 蠈谓蔚喂蟻慰), Ein Bericht f眉r eine Akademie (螒谓伪蠁慰蟻维 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 螒魏伪未畏渭委伪).
螒蟺蠈 蠈位蔚蟼 蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 渭伪魏蟻维谓 畏 蟺喂慰 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓畏 渭慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蠀蟿萎 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 Odradek 蟽蟿慰 Die Sorge des Hausvaters (螚 苇纬谓慰喂伪 蟿慰蠀 慰喂魏慰纬蔚谓蔚喂维蟻蠂畏). 螒蟺蠈 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蟺位维蟽渭伪, 蟿喂 蟽畏渭伪委谓蔚喂 蟿慰 蠈谓慰渭维 蟿慰蠀; 违蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 未喂维蠁慰蟻蔚蟼 胃蔚蠅蟻委蔚蟼 纬喂伪 蟿畏 蟽畏渭伪蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 慰谓蠈渭伪蟿蠈蟼 蟿慰蠀, 魏伪胃蠋蟼 畏 位苇尉畏 魏伪胃蔚伪蠀蟿萎 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚蟺喂谓慰畏渭苇谓畏 (尾位苇蟺蔚 Werner Hamacher, Premises: Essays on Philosophy and Literature from Kant to Celan 蟽蔚位. 321). 螝维蟺慰喂慰喂 胃蔚蠅蟻慰蠉谓 蟺蠅蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 委蟽蠅蟼 苇谓伪 蟽蟺伪蟽渭苇谓慰 蟺伪喂蠂谓委未喂, 苇谓伪 伪蟺慰渭蔚喂谓维蟻喂 渭伪蟻喂慰谓苇蟿伪蟼 (尾位苇蟺蔚 Massimo Fusillo, The Fetish: Literature, Cinema, Visual Art, 蟽蔚位. 73).
螚 胃蔚蠅蟻委伪 渭慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 蟺蟻慰苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟿畏谓 蟿蟽苇蠂喂魏畏 蠁蟻维蟽畏 od 艡谩dek 魏伪喂 蟽畏渭伪委谓蔚喂 "伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 纬蟻伪渭渭萎". 螤蠂 慰喂 韦蟽苇蠂慰喂 位苇谓蔚 od 艡谩dek v knize 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 纬蟻伪渭渭苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀. 螝蠀蟻喂慰位蔚魏蟿喂魏维 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 慰谓 蟺慰蠀 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 渭蠈谓慰 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 纬蟻伪渭渭苇蟼, 蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚喂蟻苇蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟽蔚位委未蠅谓 蔚谓蠈蟼 尾喂尾位委慰蠀.
螚 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 未喂畏纬畏渭维蟿蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 Kafka 蠀蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 纬蔚谓喂魏蠈 蟿委蟿位慰 Ein Hungerk眉nstler (螣 魏伪位位喂蟿苇蠂谓畏蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺蔚委谓伪蟼), 蔚魏未蠈胃畏魏蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蔚魏未慰蟿喂魏蠈 Verlag Die Schmiede, 蟽蟿伪 1924, 位委纬慰蠀蟼 渭萎谓蔚蟼 渭蔚蟿维 蟿慰谓 胃维谓伪蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟻喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚喂 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 蟿伪: Erstes Leid (螤蟻蠋蟿畏 胃位委蠄畏), Eine kleine Frau (螠喂伪 渭喂魏蟻萎 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪) 魏伪喂 蟿畏 Josefine, die S盲ngerin oder Das Volk der M盲use (螚 螙慰味蔚蠁委谓伪, 畏 蟿蟻伪纬慰蠀未委蟽蟿蟻喂伪 萎 慰 位伪蠈蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟺慰谓蟿喂魏喂蠋谓).
螒蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蔚魏蔚委谓蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚魏未蠈胃畏魏伪谓 渭蔚蟿维 蟿慰谓 胃维谓伪蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 Kafka 蟿慰 Eine Kreuzung (韦慰 蠀尾蟻委未喂慰/未喂伪蟽蟿伪蠉蟻蠅蟽畏) 蟽蟿慰 渭慰蟿委尾慰 蟿蠅谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂蠋谓 渭蔚 伪位位蠈魏慰蟿伪 味蠋伪, 渭慰蠀 蠁维谓畏魏蔚 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏维 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓, 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 蟿慰 Die Wahrheit 眉ber Sancho Pansa (螚 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 危维谓蟿蟽慰 螤维谓蟿蟽伪) 渭喂伪 蔚魏未慰蠂萎 蟿慰蠀 未喂蟿蟿慰蠉 魏伪蠁魏喂魏慰蠉 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀, 蔚委谓伪喂 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻伪 未喂伪蠁蠅蟿喂蟽蟿喂魏萎.
螒蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蔚位位畏谓喂魏萎 渭蠀胃慰位慰纬委伪 蔚渭蟺谓苇蔚蟿伪喂 蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 Das Schweigen der Sirenen (螚 蟽喂蠅蟺萎 蟿蠅谓 危蔚喂蟻萎谓蠅谓), Prometheus (螤蟻慰渭畏胃苇伪蟼) 魏伪喂 Poseidon (螤慰蟽蔚喂未蠋谓伪蟼). 螣 Kafka 蔚委蠂蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蠀纬魏蔚蠂蠀渭苇谓畏 喂未苇伪 纬喂' 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 慰谓蠈渭伪味蔚 未蠀伪位喂蟽渭蠈 蟿蠅谓 螘位位萎谓蠅谓, 蠈位伪 尾纬维味慰蠀谓 谓蠈畏渭伪 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀 蠁委位蟿蟻慰 喂未蔚蠋谓. 螠苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 蟿慰蠀 蠀蟺萎蟻蠂蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 渭委伪 蟺位蔚蠀蟻维 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 慰谓蠈渭伪味蔚 "魏伪胃慰蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 胃蔚蠆魏萎 伪蟻蠂萎" 萎 "魏伪胃慰蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 未蠉谓伪渭畏" 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 维位位畏 慰喂 伪蟻蠂伪委慰喂 螆位位畏谓蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 慰蟺慰委慰蠀蟼 渭维位喂蟽蟿伪 蟺伪蟻慰渭慰喂维味蔚喂 渭蔚 螞慰蠀胃畏蟻伪谓喂魏萎 蟽苇魏蟿伪.
螒谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 未蠉慰 蟺位蔚蠀蟻苇蟼 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟿慰 伪蟻蠂伪喂慰蔚位位畏谓喂魏蠈 螤维谓胃蔚慰谓, 苇蟿蟽喂 蠋蟽蟿蔚 慰喂 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂 谓伪 苇蠂慰蠀谓 蠂蠋蟻慰 谓伪 伪谓伪蟺谓蔚蠉蟽慰蠀谓, 谓伪 渭畏谓 蟽蠀谓蟿蟻委尾慰谓蟿伪喂 魏维蟿蠅 伪蟺蠈 渭喂伪 维渭蔚蟽畏 蔚蟺伪蠁萎 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 胃蔚蠆魏萎 未蠉谓伪渭畏, 蟿慰 螤维谓胃蔚慰谓 蟺伪蟻苇蠂蔚喂 蟿畏谓 伪蟽蠁伪位萎 伪蟺蠈蟽蟿伪蟽畏 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 胃蔚委慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓慰. 螝伪蟿' 蔚蟺苇魏蟿伪蟽畏 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 谓伪 蟺蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 蟺蠅蟼 慰喂 伪蟻蠂伪委慰喂 螘位位畏谓喂魏慰委 胃蔚慰委 蔚委谓伪喂 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺蠈渭慰蟻蠁慰喂 伪位位维 蠈蠂喂 胃蔚伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓慰喂. 螣 Kafka 胃蔚蠅蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 蟺蠅蟼 畏 蟿苇位蔚喂伪 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂委伪 蟽蠀谓委蟽蟿伪蟿慰 蟽蟿慰 谓伪 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠉蔚喂 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 胃蔚蠆魏萎 伪蟻蠂萎 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 谓伪 蟺伪蟽蠂委味蔚喂 谓伪 蟿畏谓 蟺位畏蟽喂维蟽蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 慰喂 螆位位畏谓蔚蟼 蔚委蠂伪谓 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 谓伪 蟺位畏蟽喂维蟽慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿萎谓 蟿畏谓 蟿苇位蔚喂伪 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂委伪. (螔位苇蟺蔚 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿慰位萎 蟺蟻慰蟼 Max Brod, 螤蟻维纬伪 7 螒蠀纬慰蠉蟽蟿慰蠀, 1920).
韦慰 Der K眉belreiter (螝伪尾伪位维蟻畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏慰蠀尾维) 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚蟺喂蟽畏蟼 渭喂伪 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰蠀蟽伪 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟽蠀纬魏伪蟿伪位苇纬蔚蟿伪喂 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蔚 蔚魏蔚委谓蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁慰蟻慰蠉谓 伪喂蟿萎蟽蔚喂蟼 魏伪喂 蟺伪蟻伪魏位萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪蟺慰蟻蟻委蟺蟿慰谓蟿伪喂.
韦慰 Das Stadtwappen (螣 胃蠀蟻蔚蠈蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺蠈位畏蟼) 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏维 蟽畏渭伪谓蟿喂魏萎 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿伪谓蠈畏蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚纬维位慰蠀 韦蔚委蠂慰蠀蟼 蟿畏蟼 螝委谓伪蟼 (Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer).
螒蠀蟿苇蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 魏维蟺慰喂蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 尉蔚蠂蠋蟻喂蟽伪.
螇蟿伪谓 慰渭慰位慰纬慰蠀渭苇谓蠅蟼 苇谓伪 蟽蠀谓伪蟻蟺伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈 蟿伪尉委未喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰谓 螝伪蠁魏喂魏蠈 魏蠈蟽渭慰. 螖蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 蟿蠈蟽慰 蟿蟻慰渭伪蠂蟿喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 未伪喂未伪位蠋未蔚蟼 蠈蟽慰 渭慰蠀 蔚委蠂蔚 蠁伪谓蔚委 蟺伪位喂蠈蟿蔚蟻伪.
I don't know if opinions like these are the reason why Max Brod's work has fallen into obscurity. I find this rather frustrating because it poses an obstacle to the understanding of Kafka's work. And nobody seems to care. Max Brod and Franz Kafka are like Damon and Phintias. How can we understand the one apart from the other? These two were writing together, reading together, living together. They inspired each other. They were helping each other. Kafka was reading Max Brod. He writes Das Urteil and among his influences mentions Max Brod's novel Arnold Beer: The Fate of a Jew / Arnold Beer: Das Schicksal eines Juden).
It seems to me that there is a sort of mistrust, even hostility against Brod's handling of his friend's intellectual heritage. But we would not have this heritage, to begin with, if Brod hadn't preserved it.
Where is Brod's work today? It has fallen into obscurity. In this edition of Kafka's collected stories the ones that are marked with an asterisk (*) were published during Kafka鈥檚 lifetime. The rest, we owe them to Brod.
螣喂 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻苇蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 畏渭蔚蟻慰位蠈纬喂伪 蟿慰蠀 Kafka 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 蔚魏未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼 螘尉维谓蟿伪蟼, 1998 蟽蔚 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蟻伪蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 螒纬纬苇位伪蟼 螔蔚蟻蠀魏慰魏维魏畏.
1. Before the law (Vor dem Gesetz) 螠蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 蟽蟿慰 螡蠈渭慰: 螝蠀魏位慰蠁蠈蟻畏蟽蔚 蠅蟼 伪谓蔚尉锟斤拷蟻蟿畏蟿慰 未喂萎纬畏渭伪 (蟽蟿畏 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 Ein Landarzt, 螆谓伪蟼 伪纬蟻慰蟿喂魏蠈蟼 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼, 蟽蟿伪 1919) 魏伪喂 蟿蔚位喂魏维 蔚谓蟽蠅渭伪蟿蠋胃畏魏蔚 蠅蟼 蟺伪蟻伪尾慰位萎 蟽蟿慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 "螚 未委魏畏". 螠喂伪 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 (蟺伪蟻伪尾慰位萎) 纬喂伪 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈 螁未蠀蟿慰 蟿蠅谓 螒未蠉蟿蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 魏维胃蔚 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀. 螆委谓伪喂 蔚魏蔚委谓慰 蟿慰 渭苇蟻慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蔚伪蠀蟿慰蠉 渭伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚谓蠋 蟺蟻慰慰蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蔚渭维蟼, 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 渭苇蟻慰蟼 渭伪蟼, 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 谓伪 蔚喂蟽苇位胃慰蠀渭蔚 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈, 未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 慰蠉蟿蔚 谓伪 蟿慰谓 纬谓蠅蟻委蟽慰蠀渭蔚 慰蠉蟿蔚 谓伪 蟿慰 魏伪蟿伪谓慰萎蟽慰蠀渭蔚.
2. A Message from the Emperor (Eine kaiserliche Botschaf) 螆谓伪 渭萎谓蠀渭伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 螒蠀蟿慰魏蟻维蟿慰蟻伪:
螠喂伪 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭畏 蟺伪蟻伪尾慰位萎 蠈蟺慰蠀 未畏渭慰蟽喂蔚蠉蟿畏魏蔚 伪蟻蠂喂魏维 伪谓蔚尉维蟻蟿畏蟿伪 蟽蟿畏 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 "螆谓伪蟼 蔚蟺伪蟻蠂喂伪魏蠈蟼 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼" 魏喂 苇蟺蔚喂蟿伪 蔚谓蟽蠅渭伪蟿蠋胃畏魏蔚 蟽蟿慰 苇蟻纬慰 渭蔚 蟿委蟿位慰: "韦慰 螠蔚纬维位慰 韦蔚委蠂慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 螝委谓伪蟼". 螣 伪蟺蔚蟽蟿伪位渭苇谓慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蠀蟿慰魏蟻维蟿慰蟻伪 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 蟽蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰谓 苇谓伪 蟽畏渭伪谓蟿喂魏蠈 渭萎谓蠀渭伪, 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 未蔚谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 蟺慰蟿苇 谓伪 蠁蟿维蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿慰谓 蟺伪蟻伪位萎蟺蟿畏 蟿慰蠀. 螢伪谓维 蔚未蠋 蟿慰 渭慰蟿委尾慰 伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蟿苇 未蔚谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 谓伪 纬谓蠅蟻委蟽慰蠀渭蔚, 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏喂 伪谓 蔚委谓伪喂 魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 伪谓萎魏蔚喂 蟽蔚 蔚渭维蟼 萎 蟺蟻慰慰蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蔚渭维蟼.
3. Description of a Struggle (Beschreibung eines Kampfes) 螤蔚蟻喂纬蟻伪蠁萎 渭喂伪蟼 蟺维位畏蟼
4. Wedding Preparations in the Country (Hochzeitsvorbereitungen auf dem Lande) 螕伪渭萎位喂蔚蟼 蟺蟻慰蔚蟿慰喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚尉慰蠂萎: 螚渭喂蟿蔚位苇蟼 苇蟻纬慰, 纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓慰 蟽蟿伪 1907 -8. 螠喂伪 尾蟻慰蠂蔚蟻萎 畏渭苇蟻伪 慰 未喂蟽蟿伪魏蟿喂魏蠈蟼 Eduard Raban 蠁蔚蠉纬蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟽蟺委蟿喂 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻慰魏蔚喂渭苇谓慰蠀 谓伪 蟺维蔚喂 蟽蟿慰谓 蟽蟿伪胃渭蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻伪委谓慰蠀 魏喂 伪蟺蠈 蔚魏蔚委 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚尉慰蠂萎 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿萎蟽蔚喂 蟿畏谓 伪蟻蟻伪尾蠅谓喂伪蟽蟿喂魏喂维 蟿慰蠀. 韦慰 渭蔚纬伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 渭苇蟻慰蟼 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 未喂伪位蠈纬慰蠀蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蠈位畏 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蟿蟻伪委谓慰, 蔚蟽蟿喂维味蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 魏委谓畏蟽畏 - 渭蔚蟿伪魏委谓畏蟽畏 - 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻维 蟺蟻慰蟼 苇谓伪谓 蟺蟻慰慰蟻喂蟽渭蠈 蟿畏谓 委未喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟺慰蠀 慰 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏蠈蟼 萎蟻蠅伪蟼 蔚蠉蠂蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 谓伪 尉蔚蠁蠉纬蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蠈位伪 伪蠀蟿维, 谓伪 蟽蟿蔚委位蔚喂 蟿慰 "谓蟿蠀渭苇谓慰 蟽蠋渭伪 蟿慰蠀" 魏喂 慰 委未喂慰蟼 谓伪 蟺伪蟻伪渭蔚委谓蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 蠀蟺谓慰未蠅渭维蟿喂蠈 蟿慰蠀, 蟽魏蔚蟺伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 魏喂蟿蟻喂谓慰魏伪蠁蔚蟿喂维 魏慰蠀尾苇蟻蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪渭慰蟻蠁蠅胃蔚委 蟽蔚 Hirschkafer (蟽魏伪胃维蟻喂) 萎 Maikafer (螠畏位慰位蠈谓胃畏).
螘未蠋 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蟿畏 螠蔚蟿伪渭蠈蟻蠁蠅蟽畏 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 蟿畏谓 喂未苇伪 蟿畏蟼 渭蔚蟿伪渭蠈蟻蠁蠅蟽畏蟼 蟽蔚 苇谓蟿慰渭慰 魏伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 畏 胃蔚蠅蟻委伪 蟺蠅蟼 蟺畏纬萎 苇渭蟺谓蔚蠀蟽萎蟼 蟿慰蠀 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 苇谓伪 伪蟺蠈蟽蟺伪蟽渭伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 螔苇蟻胃蔚蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 Goethe 蟽蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚蟿伪喂 畏 蔚蟺喂胃蠀渭委伪 蟿慰蠀 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪渭慰蟻蠁蠅胃蔚委 蟽蔚 Maienk盲fer (渭伪纬喂维蟿喂魏慰 苇谓蟿慰渭慰, 蟺伪蟽蠂伪位委蟿蟽伪). 韦慰 蟽畏渭蔚委慰 蟺慰蠀 蠁蟿维谓蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 蟺伪谓未慰蠂蔚委慰 伪位位维 魏伪谓苇谓伪蟼 未蔚谓 蟿慰谓 蠀蟺慰未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 蟽畏渭蔚委慰 蟽蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蟽蟿伪渭伪蟿维蔚喂 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈纬蟻伪蠁慰. 危蟿慰 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈纬蟻伪蠁慰 尉伪谓伪纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 渭喂伪 蔚魏未慰蠂萎 蠈蟺慰蠀 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 伪魏蠈渭伪 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蠈位畏, 蟺蔚蟻喂渭苇谓蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 魏蔚蠁伪位蠈蟽魏伪位慰 蟿慰蠀 蟽蟺喂蟿喂慰蠉 蟿慰蠀 谓伪 魏慰蟺维蟽蔚喂 畏 尾蟻慰蠂萎 魏伪喂 蟽蠀味畏蟿维蔚喂 渭蔚 苇谓伪谓 畏位喂魏喂蠅渭苇谓慰 维谓未蟻伪 魏伪喂 渭喂位维谓蔚 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 魏伪喂蟻蠈 魏伪喂 蟿伪 尾喂尾位委伪.
5. The Judgment (Das Urteil ) 螚 螝蟻委蟽畏
6. The Metamorphosis ((Die Verwandlung) 螚 渭蔚蟿伪渭蠈蟻蠁蠅蟽畏: 螒蠀蟿萎谓 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿畏 未喂伪尾维味蠅 魏伪蟿维 魏伪喂蟻慰蠉蟼 伪蟺蠈 17 蔚蟿蠋谓. 螖蔚谓 尉苇蟻蠅 蟺慰喂慰蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 维尉喂慰蟼 位蠉蟺畏蟽畏蟼. 螣 Gregor Samsa 萎 畏 慰喂魏慰纬苇谓蔚喂维 蟿慰蠀;
7. In the Penal Colony (In der Strafkolonie) 危蟿畏 蟽蠅蠁蟻慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 伪蟺慰喂魏委伪/ 危蟿畏谓 伪蟺慰喂魏委伪 蟿蠅谓 蟿喂渭蠅蟻畏渭苇谓蠅谓
8. The Village Schoolmaster - The Giant Mole (Der Dorfschullehrer -Der Riesenmaulwurf) 螣 未维蟽魏伪位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蠂蠅蟻喂慰蠉 - 螣 纬喂纬维谓蟿喂慰蟼 蟿蠀蠁位慰蟺蠈谓蟿喂魏伪蟼
9. Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor (Blumfeld, ein alterer Junggeselle) 螠蟺位慰蠉渭蠁蔚位谓蟿, 苇谓伪蟼 畏位喂魏喂蠅渭苇谓慰蟼 蔚蟻纬苇谓畏蟼.
10. The Warden of the Tomb (Der Gruftwachter) 螣 蠁蠉位伪魏伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟿维蠁慰蠀.
11. A Country Doctor (Ein Landarzt) 螆谓伪蟼 伪纬蟻慰蟿喂魏蠈蟼 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼.
12. The Hunter Gracchus (Der J盲ger Gracchus) 螣 魏蠀谓畏纬蠈蟼 螕蟻维魏蠂慰蟼.
13. The Great Wall of China (Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer) 韦慰 渭蔚纬维位慰 韦蔚委蠂慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 螝委谓伪蟼.
14. A Report to an Academy (Ein Bericht f眉r eine Akademie) 螒谓伪蠁慰蟻维 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 螒魏伪未畏渭委伪: 螣 蟺委胃畏魏慰蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰 蠈谓慰渭伪 螝蠈魏魏喂谓慰蟼 螤苇蟿蟻慰蟼, 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽喂维味蔚喂 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蠀谓维胃蟻慰喂蟽畏 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿畏渭蠈谓蠅谓 蟿畏谓 伪位位蠈魏慰蟿畏 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿畏蟼 蔚尉苇位喂尉萎蟼 蟿慰蠀 伪蟺蠈 味蠋慰 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蟺位维蟽渭伪 渭蔚 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓蔚蟼 喂未喂蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻喂蠁慰蟻维, 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 蟺伪蟻伪渭苇谓蔚喂 蔚纬魏位蠅尾喂蟽渭苇谓慰 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 未蠉慰 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀蟼, 蟽蟿畏谓 慰蠀蟽委伪 蟿慰 渭蠈谓慰 蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿维蠁蔚蟻蔚 蔚委谓伪喂 谓伪 伪谓蟿喂魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿萎蟽蔚喂 蟿慰 伪蟻蠂喂魏蠈 魏位慰蠀尾委 蟿畏蟼 伪喂蠂渭伪位蠅蟽委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚 苇谓伪 维位位慰 蟺喂慰 蔚蠀蟻蠉蠂蠅蟻慰, 纬喂伪 蟺维谓蟿伪 渭蠈谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 尉苇谓慰蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿畏 蠁蠀位伪魏萎 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀 蟿蠅谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺蠅谓. 螆谓伪 蟺位维蟽渭伪 蟺慰蠀 味蔚喂 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蔚 未蠉慰 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀蟼, 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蔚谓未喂维渭蔚蟽畏 魏伪蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽畏. 螤蔚蟻喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 蟿慰蠀 螒纬蟻慰蟿喂魏慰蠉 螕喂伪蟿蟻慰蠉, 1919.
15. The Refusal (Die Abweisung) 螚 伪蟺蠈蟻蟻喂蠄畏: 螁位位畏 渭喂伪 蔚魏未慰蠂萎蟼 渭喂伪蟼 渭喂魏蟻萎蟼 蔚蟺伪蟻蠂喂伪魏萎蟼 蟺蠈位畏蟼 畏 慰蟺慰委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 魏慰渭渭维蟿喂 渭喂伪蟼 伪蠂伪谓慰蠉蟼 蠂蠋蟻伪蟼, 蠈蟺慰蠀 慰喂 伪蟺慰蟽蟿维蟽蔚喂蟼 蠁伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 蔚魏蟿蔚委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 维蟺蔚喂蟻慰. 螠伪魏蟻喂维 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 蟽蠉谓慰蟻伪, 渭伪魏蟻喂维 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠅蟿蔚蠉慰蠀蟽伪, 渭伪魏蟻喂维 伪蟺蠈 蠈位慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 维位位慰蠀蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼. 螆谓伪蟼 蟿蠈蟺慰蟼 伪蟺慰渭慰谓蠅渭苇谓慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠀蟺慰魏蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟺伪蟻维位慰纬畏 蔚尉慰蠀蟽委伪 萎 慰蟺慰委伪 蟽蠀谓蟿畏蟻蔚委蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蔚尉委蟽慰蠀 蟺伪蟻维位慰纬慰蠀蟼, 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 蟺伪喂未喂魏慰蠉蟼 蠁蠈尾慰蠀蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟺慰位喂蟿蠋谓. 螠蠈谓慰 慰喂 谓苇慰喂 蠁伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 未蠀蟽蠁慰蟻慰蠉谓 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蠈位畏 魏伪蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽畏 伪位位维 魏伪喂 伪蠀蟿慰委 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭伪 胃伪 渭蔚纬伪位蠋蟽慰蠀谓 魏伪喂 胃伪 伪蟺慰蟻蟻慰蠁畏胃慰蠉谓 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟽蠉蟽蟿畏渭伪.
16. A Hunger Artist (Ein Hungerk眉nstler) 螣 魏伪位位喂蟿苇蠂谓畏蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺蔚委谓伪蟼: 螠喂伪 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟺慰蠀 渭喂位维蔚喂 纬喂伪 苇谓伪谓 蔚蟺伪纬纬蔚位渭伪蟿委伪 谓畏蟽蟿蔚蠀蟿萎 蟺慰蠀 蔚魏胃苇蟿蔚喂 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 魏位慰蠀尾委, 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 蟺蠈位慰 苇位尉畏蟼 纬喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺蔚蟻委蔚蟻纬慰蠀蟼 胃蔚伪蟿苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺位畏蟻蠋谓慰蠀谓 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟿慰谓 未慰蠀谓 谓伪 蟽尾萎谓蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蟽喂蟿委伪. 惟蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 伪蟺慰魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 慰 委未喂慰蟼 蟿畏 胃位喂尾蔚蟻萎 伪喂蟿委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 魏维谓蔚喂 谓伪 伪蟻谓蔚委蟿伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟿蟻慰蠁萎:
17. Investigations of a Dog (Forschungen eines Hundes) 螆蟻蔚蠀谓蔚蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 蟽魏蠉位慰蠀: 违蟺苇蟻慰蠂畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 纬蔚渭维蟿畏 蟽慰蠁委伪 魏伪喂 蟺喂魏蟻萎 蔚喂蟻蠅谓蔚委伪. 螌位伪 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿萎谓 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 尾纬维味慰蠀谓 谓蠈畏渭伪 蔚维谓 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽胃苇蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 慰 蟽魏蠉位慰蟼 魏伪喂 纬蔚谓喂魏维 慰 蟽魏蠀位蠈魏慰蟽渭慰蟼 伪未蠀谓伪蟿蔚委 谓伪 未蔚喂. 螚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 纬蟻维蠁蟿畏魏蔚 蟽蟿伪 1922 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 未畏渭慰蟽喂蔚蠉蟿畏魏蔚 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏 未喂维蟻魏蔚喂伪 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏伪位位喂蟿苇蠂谓畏. 围伪蟻伪魏蟿畏蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 伪委蟽胃畏蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 伪蟺蠈位蠀蟿畏蟼 渭慰谓伪尉喂维蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈蟻蟻喂蠄畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂 慰 蟽魏蠉位慰蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 慰渭慰委慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀, 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿伪委蟻喂, 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蠁委位慰蠀蟼, 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 慰渭慰蠆未蔚维蟿蔚蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 魏喂 伪蠀蟿蠈蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 蟿蠈蟽伪 维位位伪 魏伪蠁魏喂魏维 蟺位维蟽渭伪蟿伪, 蔚纬魏位蠅尾喂蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蔚 未蠉慰 魏蠈蟽渭慰蟼 魏伪喂 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿蠈 蠂伪渭苇谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 未蠀慰.
18. A Little Woman (Eine kleine Frau) 螠喂伪 渭喂魏蟻萎 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪: 韦慰谓 螣魏蟿蠋尾蟻喂慰 - 螖蔚魏苇渭尾蟻喂慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 1923 慰 Kafka 味蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蟽蠉谓蟿蟻慰蠁慰 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蟿畏谓 Dora Dymant 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 魏伪蟿慰喂魏委伪 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂慰蠀谓 谓慰喂魏喂维蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 慰未蠈 Miquelstrasse 8, 蟺蔚蟻喂慰蠂萎 Steglitz 蟿慰蠀 螔蔚蟻慰位委谓慰蠀. 螌蟺蠅蟼 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 魏伪喂 慰 Max Brod (蟽蔚位. 580 蟺伪蟻慰蠉蟽伪蟼 苇魏未慰蟽畏蟼) 慰 Kafka 蔚渭蟺谓蔚蠉蟽蟿畏魏蔚 伪蠀蟿萎谓 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蟽蟺喂蟿慰谓慰喂魏慰魏蠀蟻维 蟿慰蠀, 苇谓伪 伪位位慰蟺蟻蠈蟽伪位位慰 蟺位维蟽渭伪 鈥�渭喂伪 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 未喂魏伪蟽蟿萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 味蔚喂 蟽蔚 魏蠈谓蟿蟻伪 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 委未喂慰 蟿畏蟼 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈, 蟿慰谓 慰蟺慰委慰 未蔚谓 纬谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂鈥�. 螘委谓伪喂 蟺蟻慰蠁伪谓苇蟼 蟺蠅蟼 苇谓伪蟼 蟿苇蟿慰喂慰蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼, 未喂蠂伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 魏伪喂 未喂蟿蟿蠈蟼 未蔚谓 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 蟺伪蟻维 谓伪 蔚渭蟺谓蔚蠉蟽蔚喂 蟿慰谓 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 未喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 伪谓蟿喂渭蔚蟿蠋蟺喂味蔚 蟽蔚 蠈位畏 蟿慰蠀 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟺伪蟻蠈渭慰喂蔚蟼 未蠀蟽魏慰位委蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿慰伪蟺慰未慰蠂萎蟼, 慰蟺蠈蟿蔚 蟿慰 魏蔚委渭蔚谓慰 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬蔚喂 谓伪 蟺蔚蟻喂苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟺慰位位维 伪蠀蟿慰伪谓伪蠁慰蟻喂魏维 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 维位位蠅蟽蟿蔚 蠈位伪 蟿伪 苇蟻纬伪 蟿慰蠀 Kafka.
19. The Burrow (Der Bau) 韦慰 魏蟿委蟽渭伪/ 螞伪纬慰蠉渭喂.
20. Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk (Josefine, die S盲ngerin oder Das Volk der M盲use) 螚 螙慰味蔚蠁委谓伪, 畏 蟿蟻伪纬慰蠀未委蟽蟿蟻喂伪 萎 慰 位伪蠈蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟺慰谓蟿喂魏喂蠋谓.
危蠀位位慰纬萎 未喂畏纬畏渭维蟿蠅谓 渭蔚 纬蔚谓喂魏蠈 蟿委蟿位慰: Betrachtung (螖喂伪位慰纬喂蟽渭慰委/ 危蟿慰蠂伪蟽渭慰委).
螚 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 渭蔚 纬蔚谓喂魏蠈 蟿委蟿位慰 "螆谓伪蟼 伪纬蟻慰蟿喂魏蠈蟼 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼" 蟺苇蟻伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 慰渭蠋谓蠀渭慰 未喂萎纬畏渭伪 蟺蔚蟻喂位维渭尾伪谓蔚 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 蟿伪:
Der neue Advokat (螣 谓苇慰蟼 未喂魏畏纬蠈蟻慰蟼), Auf der Galerie (螤维谓蠅 蟽蟿畏 纬伪位伪蟻委伪), Ein altes Blatt (苇谓伪 蟺伪位喂蠈 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈纬蟻伪蠁慰/ 螆谓伪 蟺伪位喂蠈 蠁蠉位位慰), Vor dem Gesetz (渭蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 蟽蟿慰 谓蠈渭慰), Schakale und Araber (韦蟽伪魏维位喂伪 魏伪喂 螁蟻伪尾蔚蟼), Ein Besuch im Bergwerk (螠喂伪 蔚蟺委蟽魏蔚蠄畏 蟽蟿慰 慰蟻蠀蠂蔚委慰), Das n盲chste Dorf (韦慰 纬蔚喂蟿慰谓喂魏蠈 蠂蠅蟻喂蠈/韦慰 未喂蟺位伪谓蠈 蠂蠅蟻喂蠈 ), Eine kaiserliche Botschaft (螆谓伪 伪蠀蟿慰魏蟻伪蟿慰蟻喂魏蠈 渭萎谓蠀渭伪), Die Sorge des Hausvaters (螚 苇纬谓慰喂伪 蟿慰蠀 慰喂魏慰纬蔚谓蔚喂维蟻蠂畏), Elf S枚hne (螆谓蟿蔚魏伪 纬喂慰喂), Der Mord / Ein Brudermord (螠喂伪 未慰位慰蠁慰谓委伪/ 伪未蔚位蠁慰魏蟿慰谓委伪), Ein Traum (苇谓伪 蠈谓蔚喂蟻慰), Ein Bericht f眉r eine Akademie (螒谓伪蠁慰蟻维 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 螒魏伪未畏渭委伪).
螒蟺蠈 蠈位蔚蟼 蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 渭伪魏蟻维谓 畏 蟺喂慰 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓畏 渭慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蠀蟿萎 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 Odradek 蟽蟿慰 Die Sorge des Hausvaters (螚 苇纬谓慰喂伪 蟿慰蠀 慰喂魏慰纬蔚谓蔚喂维蟻蠂畏). 螒蟺蠈 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蟺位维蟽渭伪, 蟿喂 蟽畏渭伪委谓蔚喂 蟿慰 蠈谓慰渭维 蟿慰蠀; 违蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 未喂维蠁慰蟻蔚蟼 胃蔚蠅蟻委蔚蟼 纬喂伪 蟿畏 蟽畏渭伪蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 慰谓蠈渭伪蟿蠈蟼 蟿慰蠀, 魏伪胃蠋蟼 畏 位苇尉畏 魏伪胃蔚伪蠀蟿萎 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚蟺喂谓慰畏渭苇谓畏 (尾位苇蟺蔚 Werner Hamacher, Premises: Essays on Philosophy and Literature from Kant to Celan 蟽蔚位. 321). 螝维蟺慰喂慰喂 胃蔚蠅蟻慰蠉谓 蟺蠅蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 委蟽蠅蟼 苇谓伪 蟽蟺伪蟽渭苇谓慰 蟺伪喂蠂谓委未喂, 苇谓伪 伪蟺慰渭蔚喂谓维蟻喂 渭伪蟻喂慰谓苇蟿伪蟼 (尾位苇蟺蔚 Massimo Fusillo, The Fetish: Literature, Cinema, Visual Art, 蟽蔚位. 73).
螚 胃蔚蠅蟻委伪 渭慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 蟺蟻慰苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟿畏谓 蟿蟽苇蠂喂魏畏 蠁蟻维蟽畏 od 艡谩dek 魏伪喂 蟽畏渭伪委谓蔚喂 "伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 纬蟻伪渭渭萎". 螤蠂 慰喂 韦蟽苇蠂慰喂 位苇谓蔚 od 艡谩dek v knize 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 纬蟻伪渭渭苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀. 螝蠀蟻喂慰位蔚魏蟿喂魏维 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 慰谓 蟺慰蠀 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 渭蠈谓慰 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 纬蟻伪渭渭苇蟼, 蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚喂蟻苇蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟽蔚位委未蠅谓 蔚谓蠈蟼 尾喂尾位委慰蠀.
螚 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 未喂畏纬畏渭维蟿蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 Kafka 蠀蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 纬蔚谓喂魏蠈 蟿委蟿位慰 Ein Hungerk眉nstler (螣 魏伪位位喂蟿苇蠂谓畏蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺蔚委谓伪蟼), 蔚魏未蠈胃畏魏蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蔚魏未慰蟿喂魏蠈 Verlag Die Schmiede, 蟽蟿伪 1924, 位委纬慰蠀蟼 渭萎谓蔚蟼 渭蔚蟿维 蟿慰谓 胃维谓伪蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟻喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚喂 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 蟿伪: Erstes Leid (螤蟻蠋蟿畏 胃位委蠄畏), Eine kleine Frau (螠喂伪 渭喂魏蟻萎 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪) 魏伪喂 蟿畏 Josefine, die S盲ngerin oder Das Volk der M盲use (螚 螙慰味蔚蠁委谓伪, 畏 蟿蟻伪纬慰蠀未委蟽蟿蟻喂伪 萎 慰 位伪蠈蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟺慰谓蟿喂魏喂蠋谓).
螒蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蔚魏蔚委谓蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚魏未蠈胃畏魏伪谓 渭蔚蟿维 蟿慰谓 胃维谓伪蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 Kafka 蟿慰 Eine Kreuzung (韦慰 蠀尾蟻委未喂慰/未喂伪蟽蟿伪蠉蟻蠅蟽畏) 蟽蟿慰 渭慰蟿委尾慰 蟿蠅谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂蠋谓 渭蔚 伪位位蠈魏慰蟿伪 味蠋伪, 渭慰蠀 蠁维谓畏魏蔚 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏维 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓, 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 蟿慰 Die Wahrheit 眉ber Sancho Pansa (螚 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 危维谓蟿蟽慰 螤维谓蟿蟽伪) 渭喂伪 蔚魏未慰蠂萎 蟿慰蠀 未喂蟿蟿慰蠉 魏伪蠁魏喂魏慰蠉 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀, 蔚委谓伪喂 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻伪 未喂伪蠁蠅蟿喂蟽蟿喂魏萎.
螒蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蔚位位畏谓喂魏萎 渭蠀胃慰位慰纬委伪 蔚渭蟺谓苇蔚蟿伪喂 蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 Das Schweigen der Sirenen (螚 蟽喂蠅蟺萎 蟿蠅谓 危蔚喂蟻萎谓蠅谓), Prometheus (螤蟻慰渭畏胃苇伪蟼) 魏伪喂 Poseidon (螤慰蟽蔚喂未蠋谓伪蟼). 螣 Kafka 蔚委蠂蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蠀纬魏蔚蠂蠀渭苇谓畏 喂未苇伪 纬喂' 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 慰谓蠈渭伪味蔚 未蠀伪位喂蟽渭蠈 蟿蠅谓 螘位位萎谓蠅谓, 蠈位伪 尾纬维味慰蠀谓 谓蠈畏渭伪 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀 蠁委位蟿蟻慰 喂未蔚蠋谓. 螠苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 蟿慰蠀 蠀蟺萎蟻蠂蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 渭委伪 蟺位蔚蠀蟻维 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 慰谓蠈渭伪味蔚 "魏伪胃慰蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 胃蔚蠆魏萎 伪蟻蠂萎" 萎 "魏伪胃慰蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 未蠉谓伪渭畏" 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 维位位畏 慰喂 伪蟻蠂伪委慰喂 螆位位畏谓蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 慰蟺慰委慰蠀蟼 渭维位喂蟽蟿伪 蟺伪蟻慰渭慰喂维味蔚喂 渭蔚 螞慰蠀胃畏蟻伪谓喂魏萎 蟽苇魏蟿伪.
螒谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 未蠉慰 蟺位蔚蠀蟻苇蟼 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟿慰 伪蟻蠂伪喂慰蔚位位畏谓喂魏蠈 螤维谓胃蔚慰谓, 苇蟿蟽喂 蠋蟽蟿蔚 慰喂 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂 谓伪 苇蠂慰蠀谓 蠂蠋蟻慰 谓伪 伪谓伪蟺谓蔚蠉蟽慰蠀谓, 谓伪 渭畏谓 蟽蠀谓蟿蟻委尾慰谓蟿伪喂 魏维蟿蠅 伪蟺蠈 渭喂伪 维渭蔚蟽畏 蔚蟺伪蠁萎 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 胃蔚蠆魏萎 未蠉谓伪渭畏, 蟿慰 螤维谓胃蔚慰谓 蟺伪蟻苇蠂蔚喂 蟿畏谓 伪蟽蠁伪位萎 伪蟺蠈蟽蟿伪蟽畏 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 胃蔚委慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓慰. 螝伪蟿' 蔚蟺苇魏蟿伪蟽畏 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 谓伪 蟺蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 蟺蠅蟼 慰喂 伪蟻蠂伪委慰喂 螘位位畏谓喂魏慰委 胃蔚慰委 蔚委谓伪喂 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺蠈渭慰蟻蠁慰喂 伪位位维 蠈蠂喂 胃蔚伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓慰喂. 螣 Kafka 胃蔚蠅蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 蟺蠅蟼 畏 蟿苇位蔚喂伪 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂委伪 蟽蠀谓委蟽蟿伪蟿慰 蟽蟿慰 谓伪 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠉蔚喂 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 胃蔚蠆魏萎 伪蟻蠂萎 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 谓伪 蟺伪蟽蠂委味蔚喂 谓伪 蟿畏谓 蟺位畏蟽喂维蟽蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 慰喂 螆位位畏谓蔚蟼 蔚委蠂伪谓 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 谓伪 蟺位畏蟽喂维蟽慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿萎谓 蟿畏谓 蟿苇位蔚喂伪 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂委伪. (螔位苇蟺蔚 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿慰位萎 蟺蟻慰蟼 Max Brod, 螤蟻维纬伪 7 螒蠀纬慰蠉蟽蟿慰蠀, 1920).
韦慰 Der K眉belreiter (螝伪尾伪位维蟻畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏慰蠀尾维) 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚蟺喂蟽畏蟼 渭喂伪 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰蠀蟽伪 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟽蠀纬魏伪蟿伪位苇纬蔚蟿伪喂 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蔚 蔚魏蔚委谓蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁慰蟻慰蠉谓 伪喂蟿萎蟽蔚喂蟼 魏伪喂 蟺伪蟻伪魏位萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪蟺慰蟻蟻委蟺蟿慰谓蟿伪喂.
韦慰 Das Stadtwappen (螣 胃蠀蟻蔚蠈蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺蠈位畏蟼) 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏维 蟽畏渭伪谓蟿喂魏萎 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿伪谓蠈畏蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚纬维位慰蠀 韦蔚委蠂慰蠀蟼 蟿畏蟼 螝委谓伪蟼 (Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer).
螒蠀蟿苇蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 魏维蟺慰喂蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 尉蔚蠂蠋蟻喂蟽伪.
螇蟿伪谓 慰渭慰位慰纬慰蠀渭苇谓蠅蟼 苇谓伪 蟽蠀谓伪蟻蟺伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈 蟿伪尉委未喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰谓 螝伪蠁魏喂魏蠈 魏蠈蟽渭慰. 螖蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 蟿蠈蟽慰 蟿蟻慰渭伪蠂蟿喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 未伪喂未伪位蠋未蔚蟼 蠈蟽慰 渭慰蠀 蔚委蠂蔚 蠁伪谓蔚委 蟺伪位喂蠈蟿蔚蟻伪.
January 24, 2017
I first bought this in 2009, in an edition where Vintage had removed the full stops from the text in error, or to lure me into some Kakfaesque trap. Thanks, Vintage! I complained and received a freebie of Bulgakov鈥檚 The Heart of a Dog instead. I parked the stories for a long time, until this moment in time, when I revisited the most terrifying story in the universe, 鈥楾he Metamorphosis鈥�, the most horrific and significant story in the universe 鈥業nside the Penal Colony鈥�, the breathtaking debut 鈥楧escription of a Struggle鈥�, the claustrophobic mindbender 鈥楾he Burrow鈥�, the excruciatingly tedious 鈥業nvestigations of a Dog鈥�, and the bountiful sequence of short fables, sketches, and oddities, separated here into stories published and unpublished in his lifetime by Gabriel Josipovici, with full stops reinstated. This edition uses the Edwin & Willa Muir translations for the most part with several other couple-combo contributions, and serves as the perfect definitive edition of Franz鈥檚 stories for your lifetime鈥檚 bookshelf.
November 17, 2016
The Old Man in the Woods
Or
The Monkeys by fire
We monkeys have sat by this ever-burning fire for generations because we are afraid to go outside the perimeter of its light into the dark. Although we have tried to look beyond into the darkness everyday hoping to find something; yet all of us are afraid to step out. And this fear is not baseless, for whoever has entered the darkness has never returned.
Thus this fire has a very central role to play in our lives. It has been there for as long as memory goes back into the past. One is often tempted to ask who created it in the first place - you can depend upon monkeys to let their curiosity rule them. While over the years, organized efforts have been made to increase it by feeding wood and thus increasing perimeter of its light - one must add 'quite successfully'; the question of its origins remain debate-able. Some argue that it was always there 鈥� but imagination finds it hard to deal with infinities. These days it is even contested that it was a result of an explosion.
However, a widely accepted view has been that the Old Man did it. The Old Man, who it has been claimed, lives outside the perimeter of light. Many monkeys have repeatedly claimed to 鈥榮ee鈥� him there - although their descriptions of him are so widely different from one another that it render any explanation impossible. And they keep fighting among each-other as to whose description is better than other. Another thing for which you can depend on monkeys for - to form their opinions on things they know nothing about and then fight to prove they are right.
They have formed factions 鈥� major as well as minor. There is, for example, a faction, J, which is sure there is an Old Man and he is very kind since as, so the legend goes, this old man first asked one of our ancestors to kill his son; but later out of total mercy told him he need not do so. Kind, isn鈥檛 it?
There is another faction, C, which argues that the old man actually once sent his son among us, named Jay Cee 鈥� after doing a plastic surgery on him to give him the form of a monkey. I personally think that that the son, if there is a son, wouldn鈥檛 have agreed to go through plastic surgery for monkeys like us.
Yet another faction, I, will have it that Jay Cee was only Old Man's ambassador to our little land like many others, who had come to us to tell us about the day the fire will be dissolved and all bad monkeys will be punished. Kind of makes you feel like you are in a classroom where teacher has gone out on an errand and will punish in-disciplined souls on return!
Another faction H tells you that there are more than one old man out there - It is again a monkey thing to do, to go out looking for many where you haven鈥檛 yet found one.
And all these factions along with many others have each have at least one leave of its own. Each faction claims its leave to be THE LEAVE containing the message either narrated or written by Old Man himself. There are so many THE LEAVES containing so very different messages written in so many different languages one cant help but marvel Old Man鈥檚 creative talents. Me? I personally refuse to love a leave that doesn鈥檛 start with words, 鈥楤urn me before you kill an innocent on my account鈥�. (If any of my fellow monkeys happen to be listening, forgive the mockery! that runs in our monkey blood.)
There are a few who scorn at all these factions and say there is no Old Man at all 鈥� and these last are themselves scorned at in turn by rest, for others won鈥檛 be reminded of that possibility. There is no presence as painful as an absence - that is any absence ever felt 鈥� Which reminds me if any of my fellow monkeys asks, this meeting never happened, you don鈥檛 know me.
Anyway, some of these last who say there is no old man at all, claim the old man is an illusion 鈥� the result of our vivid imagination which shows brain what it wishes to see. The argument is favored by the fact that despite large extension of illuminated land as the fire has grown over the years 鈥� even to areas where the Old Man was supposed to be; he is still not to be found. Instead he seems to have silently crawled back as if avoiding us, hiding from us. May be he has too many wrinkles and feels hideous.
Instead, so these non-believing monkeys will have you believe, that Old Man was imagined back when fire was still new and fears high; our ancestors needed a human that could father them and in absence of such a father figure they might have imagined one. In fact, we monkeys have always found it difficult to get over our daddy issues. That could explain all those fights. Who daddy loves the most? We say 鈥渦s鈥�, they say 鈥漸s鈥� and then the fight.
Whether or not, this father figure is real, these infidels argue, it is high time we become independent of him 鈥� even if it is tempting to have belief in a higher figure, if only as someone to curse on a rainy day. He, if he is, definitely seems to be wanting to be forgotten 鈥� or wouldn鈥檛 he have explained beyond doubt how he wants to be acknowledged? At the moment, one cannot help but wonder whether he thinks of anything of our acknowledgement or further requests and gifts we keep on making.
And one doubts if he did anything at all worth acknowledging. For example, how did he created the fire in first place? Some argue he used woods and stones; others argue that he used petrol and wood 鈥� you see even on this point there has been no clarity but most seems to agree that a fire implies an old man who started it - for fire, they say, can't create itself and monkeys, they all seem to be surely incapable of doing it.
There is also the very nature of Old Man 鈥� in fact some people think that he is not old at all; still others, though very few, are sure that it is a woman and there are some who say he has a vulture head. These last are considered primitive by others.
Also what is there to say that Old Man is not a bad guy? In fact, look at the facts 鈥� his messages have created only confusion and differences. We are fighting with each other stupidly 鈥� one could claim that he is making us fight each other for his entertainment; powerful have always made fun of powerless 鈥搕he temptation is just too strong. Just look at how we monkeys play with insects. Yes, I insist upon it. The Old Man is just making fun of us; it sure must be hard for a man in his position not to laugh at our monkey-ish behavior.
May be, may be Old Man is the biggest enemy we have. There is an old proverb among us 鈥� a good impostor is one that would have you cut your tail and that of others, give them to him/her and still have you believe that he/she is good and has done you a favor.
Anyway the hard truth remains one can never be sure.
And yet all these factions are so sure of being right they must kill others to prove it 鈥� in service to or protection of Old Man they say. At times, one walks along perimeter of the fire's light for a lone walk, dejected with all this barbarian behavior; and looks outside the perimeters; hoping 鈥� yes hoping for sometimes one can't help it; hoping to see him 鈥� And yet, all the while being sure that there would be nothing but darkness visible.
Or
The Monkeys by fire
We monkeys have sat by this ever-burning fire for generations because we are afraid to go outside the perimeter of its light into the dark. Although we have tried to look beyond into the darkness everyday hoping to find something; yet all of us are afraid to step out. And this fear is not baseless, for whoever has entered the darkness has never returned.
Thus this fire has a very central role to play in our lives. It has been there for as long as memory goes back into the past. One is often tempted to ask who created it in the first place - you can depend upon monkeys to let their curiosity rule them. While over the years, organized efforts have been made to increase it by feeding wood and thus increasing perimeter of its light - one must add 'quite successfully'; the question of its origins remain debate-able. Some argue that it was always there 鈥� but imagination finds it hard to deal with infinities. These days it is even contested that it was a result of an explosion.
However, a widely accepted view has been that the Old Man did it. The Old Man, who it has been claimed, lives outside the perimeter of light. Many monkeys have repeatedly claimed to 鈥榮ee鈥� him there - although their descriptions of him are so widely different from one another that it render any explanation impossible. And they keep fighting among each-other as to whose description is better than other. Another thing for which you can depend on monkeys for - to form their opinions on things they know nothing about and then fight to prove they are right.
They have formed factions 鈥� major as well as minor. There is, for example, a faction, J, which is sure there is an Old Man and he is very kind since as, so the legend goes, this old man first asked one of our ancestors to kill his son; but later out of total mercy told him he need not do so. Kind, isn鈥檛 it?
There is another faction, C, which argues that the old man actually once sent his son among us, named Jay Cee 鈥� after doing a plastic surgery on him to give him the form of a monkey. I personally think that that the son, if there is a son, wouldn鈥檛 have agreed to go through plastic surgery for monkeys like us.
Yet another faction, I, will have it that Jay Cee was only Old Man's ambassador to our little land like many others, who had come to us to tell us about the day the fire will be dissolved and all bad monkeys will be punished. Kind of makes you feel like you are in a classroom where teacher has gone out on an errand and will punish in-disciplined souls on return!
Another faction H tells you that there are more than one old man out there - It is again a monkey thing to do, to go out looking for many where you haven鈥檛 yet found one.
And all these factions along with many others have each have at least one leave of its own. Each faction claims its leave to be THE LEAVE containing the message either narrated or written by Old Man himself. There are so many THE LEAVES containing so very different messages written in so many different languages one cant help but marvel Old Man鈥檚 creative talents. Me? I personally refuse to love a leave that doesn鈥檛 start with words, 鈥楤urn me before you kill an innocent on my account鈥�. (If any of my fellow monkeys happen to be listening, forgive the mockery! that runs in our monkey blood.)
There are a few who scorn at all these factions and say there is no Old Man at all 鈥� and these last are themselves scorned at in turn by rest, for others won鈥檛 be reminded of that possibility. There is no presence as painful as an absence - that is any absence ever felt 鈥� Which reminds me if any of my fellow monkeys asks, this meeting never happened, you don鈥檛 know me.
Anyway, some of these last who say there is no old man at all, claim the old man is an illusion 鈥� the result of our vivid imagination which shows brain what it wishes to see. The argument is favored by the fact that despite large extension of illuminated land as the fire has grown over the years 鈥� even to areas where the Old Man was supposed to be; he is still not to be found. Instead he seems to have silently crawled back as if avoiding us, hiding from us. May be he has too many wrinkles and feels hideous.
Instead, so these non-believing monkeys will have you believe, that Old Man was imagined back when fire was still new and fears high; our ancestors needed a human that could father them and in absence of such a father figure they might have imagined one. In fact, we monkeys have always found it difficult to get over our daddy issues. That could explain all those fights. Who daddy loves the most? We say 鈥渦s鈥�, they say 鈥漸s鈥� and then the fight.
Whether or not, this father figure is real, these infidels argue, it is high time we become independent of him 鈥� even if it is tempting to have belief in a higher figure, if only as someone to curse on a rainy day. He, if he is, definitely seems to be wanting to be forgotten 鈥� or wouldn鈥檛 he have explained beyond doubt how he wants to be acknowledged? At the moment, one cannot help but wonder whether he thinks of anything of our acknowledgement or further requests and gifts we keep on making.
And one doubts if he did anything at all worth acknowledging. For example, how did he created the fire in first place? Some argue he used woods and stones; others argue that he used petrol and wood 鈥� you see even on this point there has been no clarity but most seems to agree that a fire implies an old man who started it - for fire, they say, can't create itself and monkeys, they all seem to be surely incapable of doing it.
There is also the very nature of Old Man 鈥� in fact some people think that he is not old at all; still others, though very few, are sure that it is a woman and there are some who say he has a vulture head. These last are considered primitive by others.
Also what is there to say that Old Man is not a bad guy? In fact, look at the facts 鈥� his messages have created only confusion and differences. We are fighting with each other stupidly 鈥� one could claim that he is making us fight each other for his entertainment; powerful have always made fun of powerless 鈥搕he temptation is just too strong. Just look at how we monkeys play with insects. Yes, I insist upon it. The Old Man is just making fun of us; it sure must be hard for a man in his position not to laugh at our monkey-ish behavior.
May be, may be Old Man is the biggest enemy we have. There is an old proverb among us 鈥� a good impostor is one that would have you cut your tail and that of others, give them to him/her and still have you believe that he/she is good and has done you a favor.
Anyway the hard truth remains one can never be sure.
And yet all these factions are so sure of being right they must kill others to prove it 鈥� in service to or protection of Old Man they say. At times, one walks along perimeter of the fire's light for a lone walk, dejected with all this barbarian behavior; and looks outside the perimeters; hoping 鈥� yes hoping for sometimes one can't help it; hoping to see him 鈥� And yet, all the while being sure that there would be nothing but darkness visible.
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February 13, 2021[9th book of 2021. Artist for this review will be Czech painter Franti拧ek Muzika.]
鈥溾€ike having an extremely volatile friend,鈥� I concluded. I was glad to finish my tirade as the woman I was talking to had proceeded, about half way through the speech, to slink beneath the table and try and work one of my socks off. Despite being alarmed by this I waited to see what would come of it; my sock was removed. She began work on the other when I brought my foot away from her and we met eyes: hers were wild. 鈥淐ould you repeat that last line?鈥� she asked me. I cleared my throat and said again: 鈥淜afka is strange and confusing, it is like having an extremely volatile friend.鈥� She smiled a little strangely and shuffled back out from under the table. Her husband was still across the room smoking his pipe and complaining about the book I had given him, The Complete Short Stories, by Franz Kafka, which I was discussing with his wife. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 know you were reading it in the original German,鈥� he mused from across the room; 鈥渙r is this Russian?鈥� I was confused by this as I read it in English, and assured him of that. He did not concede, and persisted that he was not seeing English before him. The book was simply upside down, I discovered, on standing over his shoulder. I reached out and turned it for him and he exclaimed with great surprise and happiness that he could now see it from my point of view: it was written in English. Their dog, which I found most disagreeable to be around, padded into the room. Often I felt as if the dog were speaking to me, or else his owners, and I found it disconcerting. They expressed the same concern, and told me that they had considered taking it to the vets, and then realised, for what need? The dog was not in any pain, nor was it an inconvenience that they sometimes imagined it was speaking to them. A long time ago I had planned to investigate but things got in the way and I was very busy doing other jobs. My manager continually tried to get hold of me throughout the evening by ringing my phone; he had the habit of ringing at all times of day, even late at night and very early in the morning. I presumed he didn鈥檛 sleep, which was surprising when one saw him, for he had very healthy-looking skin.
鈥淚n Memoriam II鈥濃€�1943
Days later (my phone was continually ringing as my manager attempted to get hold of me) I began fasting to see if I could enter a new state of mind or feeling. The book, The Complete Short Stories by Franz Kafka, was nearby as I sat and waited. For some time I waited for some profound experience, but nothing came. The only inspiration that came was, when I became dizzyingly hungry, to eat the pages of the story 鈥淭he Hunger Artist鈥� from the book (I confused being ironic with being profound) and I quickly regretted it as the paper became sodden and chewed-up in my mouth and therefore difficult to swallow. I began gagging and gasping for air as I had worked most of the pages into a thick and dense ball with my molars and couldn鈥檛 get it out of my throat; my air supply was truly blocked and I believed I was going to die. Opening my desk drawer I found a pair of scissors and put them in my mouth; though uncomfortable, I could feel them hacking away at the ball of paper wedged in my throat and slowly I began, reluctantly, swallowing smaller lumps, and, where I could, spitting some out onto my carpet. Once the process was finished and I cleaned the scissors in the sink (they were partially bloody and plastered with shreds of paper) I set about reading the book again peacefully in my bed. And that night, I couldn鈥檛 sleep because I remembered the man who asked me what I was reading on the train and I told him I was reading a story about a man who wakes as a giant insect and he had laughed so hard his tongue had almost jumped from his mouth and his pupils fell out like tiny lumps of lead.
Due to complete lack of sleep and madness induced by the constant ringing of my telephone I did start reaching a level of insight, or so I believed then, but I now (healed and cured, having finished the book) understand as pure delirium. I spoke incessantly on the phone to an old friend of mine, K., who I had not spoken to in many years and ignored, or was oblivious, to the surprise and unease in his voice by my ringing him. He frequently attempted to end the conversation but I barrelled on with what I had to say to him about the stories I was reading. K. informed me that he could hardly follow what I was saying and asked if I was drunk. He informed me that I was slurring horribly into the phone and I was becoming more and more unintelligible. This did not concern me in the slightest; I tried, to the best of my ability, to describe a number of the Shorter Stories from the book, and failed. When the phone was finally put down on me K. went back to his bedroom and lay down on the bed (he told me this a number of years later when I was beyond healthy and free from the book) and realised he knew less about Kafka than before the phone call. He told me he had never read any of his books, though once a man without any authority had once attempted to arrest him, but would not give a reason, and K. moved countries because of this incident, and returned a year later when he had recovered.
鈥淥strov II鈥濃€�1936
These happenings continued in my life until reaching the end of the book. I locked it in a drawer and tried my best to forget it. Thus, my journey to recovery began. Things in my life became to make more sense, and things that were previously unsettling and odious were now completely normal and pleasant. I grew quite fond of my neighbour鈥檚 dog and she promised to have made no remark on the dog talking鈥攚hat a ridiculous notion! The only time I almost relapsed was when the desire to check if the pages of 鈥淭he Hunger Artist鈥� were still in my copy, but I refrained, knowing that if I was led back into the labyrinthine depths of horror between the pages, my life would again slip from all reason. Years later, when I was cured, I opened that drawer (still locked) and found the book was no longer there. So, I lived my life finally untethered and happy.
Just a month ago now I received a phone call from K., whom I have not spoken to or heard about in around ten years, saying he was also well and finally cured and returning to England. I expressed my confusion: had he not been in England? And cured from what? K. had stolen my copy of the book and began reading it. His life, as mine had, became nonsensical and terrifying and he had started trotting the globe amidst the great web of irrational fury produced by the reading of the book. 鈥淲hat of the book now?鈥� I asked, once he had told me his story. 鈥淚t is in the bottom of the Tiber. Or perhaps the Danube,鈥� he replied; 鈥淚 hope you didn鈥檛 want it back.鈥� Of course, I did not. K. is now back in England and despite his age, soon to be getting married. Neither of have mentioned the book so far and I don't think we ever will; I expect soon we will rest in quiet, subtle graves and finally get the rest we now deserve.
鈥溾€ike having an extremely volatile friend,鈥� I concluded. I was glad to finish my tirade as the woman I was talking to had proceeded, about half way through the speech, to slink beneath the table and try and work one of my socks off. Despite being alarmed by this I waited to see what would come of it; my sock was removed. She began work on the other when I brought my foot away from her and we met eyes: hers were wild. 鈥淐ould you repeat that last line?鈥� she asked me. I cleared my throat and said again: 鈥淜afka is strange and confusing, it is like having an extremely volatile friend.鈥� She smiled a little strangely and shuffled back out from under the table. Her husband was still across the room smoking his pipe and complaining about the book I had given him, The Complete Short Stories, by Franz Kafka, which I was discussing with his wife. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 know you were reading it in the original German,鈥� he mused from across the room; 鈥渙r is this Russian?鈥� I was confused by this as I read it in English, and assured him of that. He did not concede, and persisted that he was not seeing English before him. The book was simply upside down, I discovered, on standing over his shoulder. I reached out and turned it for him and he exclaimed with great surprise and happiness that he could now see it from my point of view: it was written in English. Their dog, which I found most disagreeable to be around, padded into the room. Often I felt as if the dog were speaking to me, or else his owners, and I found it disconcerting. They expressed the same concern, and told me that they had considered taking it to the vets, and then realised, for what need? The dog was not in any pain, nor was it an inconvenience that they sometimes imagined it was speaking to them. A long time ago I had planned to investigate but things got in the way and I was very busy doing other jobs. My manager continually tried to get hold of me throughout the evening by ringing my phone; he had the habit of ringing at all times of day, even late at night and very early in the morning. I presumed he didn鈥檛 sleep, which was surprising when one saw him, for he had very healthy-looking skin.
鈥淚n Memoriam II鈥濃€�1943
Days later (my phone was continually ringing as my manager attempted to get hold of me) I began fasting to see if I could enter a new state of mind or feeling. The book, The Complete Short Stories by Franz Kafka, was nearby as I sat and waited. For some time I waited for some profound experience, but nothing came. The only inspiration that came was, when I became dizzyingly hungry, to eat the pages of the story 鈥淭he Hunger Artist鈥� from the book (I confused being ironic with being profound) and I quickly regretted it as the paper became sodden and chewed-up in my mouth and therefore difficult to swallow. I began gagging and gasping for air as I had worked most of the pages into a thick and dense ball with my molars and couldn鈥檛 get it out of my throat; my air supply was truly blocked and I believed I was going to die. Opening my desk drawer I found a pair of scissors and put them in my mouth; though uncomfortable, I could feel them hacking away at the ball of paper wedged in my throat and slowly I began, reluctantly, swallowing smaller lumps, and, where I could, spitting some out onto my carpet. Once the process was finished and I cleaned the scissors in the sink (they were partially bloody and plastered with shreds of paper) I set about reading the book again peacefully in my bed. And that night, I couldn鈥檛 sleep because I remembered the man who asked me what I was reading on the train and I told him I was reading a story about a man who wakes as a giant insect and he had laughed so hard his tongue had almost jumped from his mouth and his pupils fell out like tiny lumps of lead.
Due to complete lack of sleep and madness induced by the constant ringing of my telephone I did start reaching a level of insight, or so I believed then, but I now (healed and cured, having finished the book) understand as pure delirium. I spoke incessantly on the phone to an old friend of mine, K., who I had not spoken to in many years and ignored, or was oblivious, to the surprise and unease in his voice by my ringing him. He frequently attempted to end the conversation but I barrelled on with what I had to say to him about the stories I was reading. K. informed me that he could hardly follow what I was saying and asked if I was drunk. He informed me that I was slurring horribly into the phone and I was becoming more and more unintelligible. This did not concern me in the slightest; I tried, to the best of my ability, to describe a number of the Shorter Stories from the book, and failed. When the phone was finally put down on me K. went back to his bedroom and lay down on the bed (he told me this a number of years later when I was beyond healthy and free from the book) and realised he knew less about Kafka than before the phone call. He told me he had never read any of his books, though once a man without any authority had once attempted to arrest him, but would not give a reason, and K. moved countries because of this incident, and returned a year later when he had recovered.
鈥淥strov II鈥濃€�1936
These happenings continued in my life until reaching the end of the book. I locked it in a drawer and tried my best to forget it. Thus, my journey to recovery began. Things in my life became to make more sense, and things that were previously unsettling and odious were now completely normal and pleasant. I grew quite fond of my neighbour鈥檚 dog and she promised to have made no remark on the dog talking鈥攚hat a ridiculous notion! The only time I almost relapsed was when the desire to check if the pages of 鈥淭he Hunger Artist鈥� were still in my copy, but I refrained, knowing that if I was led back into the labyrinthine depths of horror between the pages, my life would again slip from all reason. Years later, when I was cured, I opened that drawer (still locked) and found the book was no longer there. So, I lived my life finally untethered and happy.
Just a month ago now I received a phone call from K., whom I have not spoken to or heard about in around ten years, saying he was also well and finally cured and returning to England. I expressed my confusion: had he not been in England? And cured from what? K. had stolen my copy of the book and began reading it. His life, as mine had, became nonsensical and terrifying and he had started trotting the globe amidst the great web of irrational fury produced by the reading of the book. 鈥淲hat of the book now?鈥� I asked, once he had told me his story. 鈥淚t is in the bottom of the Tiber. Or perhaps the Danube,鈥� he replied; 鈥淚 hope you didn鈥檛 want it back.鈥� Of course, I did not. K. is now back in England and despite his age, soon to be getting married. Neither of have mentioned the book so far and I don't think we ever will; I expect soon we will rest in quiet, subtle graves and finally get the rest we now deserve.
August 19, 2007
Buy a good collection of Kafka's stories and put it in the bathroom.
Really.
If you've been led to believe that Kafka wrote drab stories about alienation and angst (and that The Metamorphosis is a tradgedy), then take a magic marker, cross out the name on the spine, and pretend it's a weird book by Dave Sedaris or something. Kafka's stories are smart, often funny, quick to read, and as modern and relevant as ever.
In the bathroom you'll probably bypass the larger works (including The Metamorphosis) and discover his short-shorts. We call it "flash fiction" now: stories under a few hundred words and packing a poem-like punch into their lean frames. Kafka was a master of the form, but they are too short to use as an essay subject in high school, so too many people don't read them.
When you've adjusted to Kafka as an absurdist who actually likes people, then re-read The Metamorphosis (and finish it this time--it ends on an "up" note, much to most peoples' surprise) and strike out into The Hunger Artist, The Penal Colony, and the rest.
Treat this is a collection of fun, short, absurd, witty stories and forget everything your high school english teacher told you. He or she had't actually read Kafka in decades, after all.
Really.
If you've been led to believe that Kafka wrote drab stories about alienation and angst (and that The Metamorphosis is a tradgedy), then take a magic marker, cross out the name on the spine, and pretend it's a weird book by Dave Sedaris or something. Kafka's stories are smart, often funny, quick to read, and as modern and relevant as ever.
In the bathroom you'll probably bypass the larger works (including The Metamorphosis) and discover his short-shorts. We call it "flash fiction" now: stories under a few hundred words and packing a poem-like punch into their lean frames. Kafka was a master of the form, but they are too short to use as an essay subject in high school, so too many people don't read them.
When you've adjusted to Kafka as an absurdist who actually likes people, then re-read The Metamorphosis (and finish it this time--it ends on an "up" note, much to most peoples' surprise) and strike out into The Hunger Artist, The Penal Colony, and the rest.
Treat this is a collection of fun, short, absurd, witty stories and forget everything your high school english teacher told you. He or she had't actually read Kafka in decades, after all.
March 14, 2021
讴丕賮讴丕 丕爻鬲丕丿 诏賳噩賵賳丿賳 蹖讴 丿賳蹖丕 丿乇 蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴賴.丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 卮丿鬲 鬲丕孬蹖乇诏匕丕乇賳 賵 賴乇 讴丿賵賲 亘賴 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賱蹖 丨乇賮 倬賳賴丕賳 丿乇 亘胤賳 禺賵丿卮賵賳 丿丕乇賳 讴賴 丌丿賲 乇賵 亘賴 卮丿鬲 丿乇诏蹖乇 禺賵丿卮賵賳 賲蹖讴賳賳.亘賴 胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 蹖賴賵 亘賴 禺賵丿鬲賵賳 賲蹖丕蹖賳 賵 賲蹖亘蹖賳蹖賳 賳蹖賲 爻丕毓鬲 诏匕卮鬲賴 乇賵 亘賴 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賳 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 "讴蹖賮乇诏丕賴" 诏匕乇賵賳丿蹖賳 .
噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 讴丕賮讴丕 鬲氐賵蹖乇 賲蹖讴賳賴 噩賴丕賳 禺賵卮丕蹖賳丿蹖 賳蹖爻鬲.噩賴丕賳蹖 賲賲賱賵 丕夭 亘蹖 毓丿丕賱鬲蹖貙鬲乇爻 賵 爻蹖丕賴蹖賴 賵賱蹖 丕賳賯丿乇 賲丕賴乇丕賳賴 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇賵 丕賳噩丕賲 賲蹖丿賴 讴賴 賲禺丕胤亘 乇賵 賲噩亘賵乇 賲蹖讴賳賴 讴賴 亘賴 丕賵賳 亘禺卮 丕夭 丿乇賵賳 禺賵丿卮 亘乇诏乇丿賴.亘賴 賯賵賱 禺賵丿卮:"讴鬲丕亘 亘丕蹖丿 鬲亘乇 亘丕卮丿 亘乇 丿乇蹖丕蹖 蹖禺 亘爻鬲賴 丿乇賵賳 賲丕".
丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賲鬲賵爻胤 賴賲 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賴 丕賲丕 丕讴孬乇蹖鬲 亘丕 亘蹖 賳馗蹖乇丕爻鬲.
噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 讴丕賮讴丕 鬲氐賵蹖乇 賲蹖讴賳賴 噩賴丕賳 禺賵卮丕蹖賳丿蹖 賳蹖爻鬲.噩賴丕賳蹖 賲賲賱賵 丕夭 亘蹖 毓丿丕賱鬲蹖貙鬲乇爻 賵 爻蹖丕賴蹖賴 賵賱蹖 丕賳賯丿乇 賲丕賴乇丕賳賴 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇賵 丕賳噩丕賲 賲蹖丿賴 讴賴 賲禺丕胤亘 乇賵 賲噩亘賵乇 賲蹖讴賳賴 讴賴 亘賴 丕賵賳 亘禺卮 丕夭 丿乇賵賳 禺賵丿卮 亘乇诏乇丿賴.亘賴 賯賵賱 禺賵丿卮:"讴鬲丕亘 亘丕蹖丿 鬲亘乇 亘丕卮丿 亘乇 丿乇蹖丕蹖 蹖禺 亘爻鬲賴 丿乇賵賳 賲丕".
丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賲鬲賵爻胤 賴賲 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賴 丕賲丕 丕讴孬乇蹖鬲 亘丕 亘蹖 賳馗蹖乇丕爻鬲.
December 28, 2018
賳夭丿蹖讴 亘賴 丿賵爻丕賱 胤賵賱 讴卮蹖丿 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘. 诏丕賴 亘丕 賲賱丕賱 丨丕氐賱 丕夭 賳馗乇 禺賵丿 讴丕賮讴丕 賲賵丕噩賴 卮丿賲 賵 诏丕賴 亘丕 丕卮鬲蹖丕賯 賵 丕毓噩丕亘 賵蹖.
丨爻蹖 讴賴 丿乇 禺賵丕賳卮 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕卮鬲賲 亘丕 賴蹖趩 讴鬲丕亘 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賯丕亘賱 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賳亘賵丿. 賳賴 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕蹖賳 丨爻 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘讴乇 賵 蹖丕 毓丕賱蹖 亘丕卮丿. 丨鬲蹖 乇禺賵鬲賽 賲胤丕賱毓踿 丌賳 賴賲 亘丕 丿蹖诏乇 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕 賮乇賯 賲蹖 讴乇丿.
讴丕賮讴丕貙 賳丕噩賵丕賳賲乇丿丕賳賴貙 丨賯丕蹖賯 乇丕 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 賲蹖 诏匕丕乇丿. 噩賱賵踿 丕蹖賳 丨賯丕蹖賯 丨鬲蹖 丿乇 禺蹖丕賱 丕賳诏蹖夭 鬲乇蹖賳 賵 丕爻鬲毓丕乇蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賵蹖 賳蹖夭 賲卮賴賵丿 丕爻鬲.
賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賲 亘賴 賳亘賵睾 賵 乇丕賴 賴丕蹖 诏乇蹖夭 丕夭 丕賳爻丕賳 蹖丕 賳夭丿蹖讴蹖 亘賴 丕賳爻丕賳 乇丕 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖卮 鬲卮禺蹖氐 丿賴賲. 丕賵 讴丕乇蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿 讴賴 賲禺丕胤亘 丕賳鬲馗丕乇卮 乇丕 丿丕乇丿 丕賲丕 賳賴 亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 讴賴 丕賳鬲馗丕乇卮 乇丕 丿丕卮鬲!
匕賴賳 讴丕賮讴丕 卮丕蹖丿 賴賲蹖卮賴 蹖讴 賯丿賲 丕夭 丕賳鬲馗丕乇賴丕 賵 賮乇丕丕賳鬲馗丕乇賴丕 倬蹖卮 丕爻鬲. 賮賯胤 蹖讴 賯丿賲貙 趩賵賳 亘賴 賴蹖趩賵噩賴 禺賵丕爻鬲丕乇 賲毓噩夭賴 讴乇丿賳 賵 蹖丕 丕賵丕賳诏丕乇丿 亘賵丿賳 賳蹖爻鬲. 丕賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇丿 賲賮丕賴蹖賲 賵 賲丐賱賮賴 賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 讴賴 亘賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賳夭丿蹖讴 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 丕賳爻丕賳 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 丿蹖丿賳 丌賳 乇丕 賳丿丕乇丿貙 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 丿乇 丌賵乇丿. 丕賱亘鬲賴 芦亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 丿乇 丌賵乇丿賳禄 賴賲 鬲乇讴蹖亘 賲賳丕爻亘蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 丕賵 亘丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 賵 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕 亘乇丕蹖 賲丿鬲 讴賵鬲丕賴蹖 賴賲讴賱丕賲 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 賲丕 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賴賲讴賱丕賲蹖 賲胤賱毓 賲蹖 卮賵蹖賲 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲蹖 蹖丕亘丿.
诏丕賴 亘乇禺蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 爻禺鬲 亘賵丿 賵 賲胤賲卅賳丕 丿乇 丌蹖賳丿賴 亘丕蹖丿 丿賵亘丕乇賴 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 賲乇賵乇 讴賳賲.
丨爻蹖 讴賴 丿乇 禺賵丕賳卮 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕卮鬲賲 亘丕 賴蹖趩 讴鬲丕亘 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賯丕亘賱 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賳亘賵丿. 賳賴 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕蹖賳 丨爻 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘讴乇 賵 蹖丕 毓丕賱蹖 亘丕卮丿. 丨鬲蹖 乇禺賵鬲賽 賲胤丕賱毓踿 丌賳 賴賲 亘丕 丿蹖诏乇 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕 賮乇賯 賲蹖 讴乇丿.
讴丕賮讴丕貙 賳丕噩賵丕賳賲乇丿丕賳賴貙 丨賯丕蹖賯 乇丕 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 賲蹖 诏匕丕乇丿. 噩賱賵踿 丕蹖賳 丨賯丕蹖賯 丨鬲蹖 丿乇 禺蹖丕賱 丕賳诏蹖夭 鬲乇蹖賳 賵 丕爻鬲毓丕乇蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賵蹖 賳蹖夭 賲卮賴賵丿 丕爻鬲.
賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賲 亘賴 賳亘賵睾 賵 乇丕賴 賴丕蹖 诏乇蹖夭 丕夭 丕賳爻丕賳 蹖丕 賳夭丿蹖讴蹖 亘賴 丕賳爻丕賳 乇丕 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖卮 鬲卮禺蹖氐 丿賴賲. 丕賵 讴丕乇蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿 讴賴 賲禺丕胤亘 丕賳鬲馗丕乇卮 乇丕 丿丕乇丿 丕賲丕 賳賴 亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 讴賴 丕賳鬲馗丕乇卮 乇丕 丿丕卮鬲!
匕賴賳 讴丕賮讴丕 卮丕蹖丿 賴賲蹖卮賴 蹖讴 賯丿賲 丕夭 丕賳鬲馗丕乇賴丕 賵 賮乇丕丕賳鬲馗丕乇賴丕 倬蹖卮 丕爻鬲. 賮賯胤 蹖讴 賯丿賲貙 趩賵賳 亘賴 賴蹖趩賵噩賴 禺賵丕爻鬲丕乇 賲毓噩夭賴 讴乇丿賳 賵 蹖丕 丕賵丕賳诏丕乇丿 亘賵丿賳 賳蹖爻鬲. 丕賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇丿 賲賮丕賴蹖賲 賵 賲丐賱賮賴 賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 讴賴 亘賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賳夭丿蹖讴 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 丕賳爻丕賳 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 丿蹖丿賳 丌賳 乇丕 賳丿丕乇丿貙 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 丿乇 丌賵乇丿. 丕賱亘鬲賴 芦亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 丿乇 丌賵乇丿賳禄 賴賲 鬲乇讴蹖亘 賲賳丕爻亘蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 丕賵 亘丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 賵 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕 亘乇丕蹖 賲丿鬲 讴賵鬲丕賴蹖 賴賲讴賱丕賲 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 賲丕 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賴賲讴賱丕賲蹖 賲胤賱毓 賲蹖 卮賵蹖賲 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲蹖 蹖丕亘丿.
诏丕賴 亘乇禺蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 爻禺鬲 亘賵丿 賵 賲胤賲卅賳丕 丿乇 丌蹖賳丿賴 亘丕蹖丿 丿賵亘丕乇賴 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 賲乇賵乇 讴賳賲.
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March 2, 2020Razumljiva neujedna膷enost pripovedaka, jer su pisane u velikom vremenskom rasponu. Osim straha, usamljenosti i kritike birokratije jako bitan motiv koji se 膷esto previ膽a kod Kafke je i dehumanizacija ljudi, ungeheures Ungeziefer, ogromna buba, kako ga prevodi 沤ivojinovi膰, meni zanimljiviji nego tri prethodna.
艩to je forma du啪a Kafka se bolje snalazi, tako da su mu duga膷ke pripovetke mnogo bolje od kra膰ih (od kojih mi je najbolja Posejdon), a romani bolji od pripovedaka. Za razliku od romana, u kra膰im formama motivi su vi拧e okrenuti ka emocionalnom, manje ka birokratskom, otu膽enost i fobi膷nost kao bujica izbijaju sa svih strana. Kad se sve sabere nije ni 膷udo da je mo啪da i najuticajniji pisac dvadesetog veka.
艩to je forma du啪a Kafka se bolje snalazi, tako da su mu duga膷ke pripovetke mnogo bolje od kra膰ih (od kojih mi je najbolja Posejdon), a romani bolji od pripovedaka. Za razliku od romana, u kra膰im formama motivi su vi拧e okrenuti ka emocionalnom, manje ka birokratskom, otu膽enost i fobi膷nost kao bujica izbijaju sa svih strana. Kad se sve sabere nije ni 膷udo da je mo啪da i najuticajniji pisac dvadesetog veka.
October 16, 2022
Every story is different, but each one takes you to a different world, or an alternative view of one we are in (and perhaps wish we weren't). Some are funny, some sad and many are both. Some are so short they are more like prose poems. Great for dipping into and getting a taste of Kafka before (and during and after) tackling his larger works.
See my Kafka-related bookshelf for other works by and about Kafka: HERE.
See my Kafka-related bookshelf for other works by and about Kafka: HERE.
May 14, 2018
Kafka placed his own stories in a specific canon, included in the previous book I reviewed, called 鈥淭he Metamorphosis and Other Stories.鈥� I agree with Kafka. Those stories stand out among the rest. However, reading all of his shorts gave me no less pleasure. I liked his shorter stories most, as they packed meaning and depth into a small speck, like the small matter scientists say blew up into the Universe. I love the way Kafka describes settings. I love the way he makes me feel. Two stories I could not finish. I鈥檒l have to come back to them later: 鈥淚nvestigations of a Dog鈥� and 鈥淭he Burrow.鈥� These read more like essays than stories and I鈥檓 holding on to them for a day when I get a Kafka craving.
Updike mentions in the beginning the term Kafkaesque originated from his novels. I anticipate reading these three novels and have ordered them already. I also look forward to reading Kafka鈥檚 journals, which also make way to me in the mail. He has an unbelievable way with words. He鈥檚 the first writer to take me into another world without creating another world. He has no Hobbits or Aes Sedai, no hybrid man-creatures or Spider-Morph babies eating their mothers when they drop from the womb. He speaks of a normal world but through the lens of his mind, and it transforms into a beautiful place.
People say Kafkaesque refers to that creepy feeling you can鈥檛 quite put a finger on. I get that now. His stories make you laugh or react in some surface way, then something grows inside the back of your mind and a double meaning invades. It doesn鈥檛 reveal all but you know it hides there, and it scares you deep down. I had an experience a few days ago, the Kafka mind invaded, and it helped me understand the endeared term derived from his name.
I had been promoted so I hid in the bathroom. I dropped to my knees and palms, placed my face on the floor and said thanks to God. Then I thought, what if a Black Widow crawls out from behind the toilet and bites me and I die right here giving God thanks. Funny in a sick way, ironic. A good story idea: religious guy drops to give God thanks and dies of a spider-bite. The irony: he sees God as good, for that moment, but God or nature or the Universe sends a spider to kill him. That strange, conflicted way of thinking defines Kafkaesque for me.
Kafka has claimed the number one place on my favorite authors list. I can鈥檛 wait to read the novels and all his nonfiction. What an amazing soul!
Updike mentions in the beginning the term Kafkaesque originated from his novels. I anticipate reading these three novels and have ordered them already. I also look forward to reading Kafka鈥檚 journals, which also make way to me in the mail. He has an unbelievable way with words. He鈥檚 the first writer to take me into another world without creating another world. He has no Hobbits or Aes Sedai, no hybrid man-creatures or Spider-Morph babies eating their mothers when they drop from the womb. He speaks of a normal world but through the lens of his mind, and it transforms into a beautiful place.
People say Kafkaesque refers to that creepy feeling you can鈥檛 quite put a finger on. I get that now. His stories make you laugh or react in some surface way, then something grows inside the back of your mind and a double meaning invades. It doesn鈥檛 reveal all but you know it hides there, and it scares you deep down. I had an experience a few days ago, the Kafka mind invaded, and it helped me understand the endeared term derived from his name.
I had been promoted so I hid in the bathroom. I dropped to my knees and palms, placed my face on the floor and said thanks to God. Then I thought, what if a Black Widow crawls out from behind the toilet and bites me and I die right here giving God thanks. Funny in a sick way, ironic. A good story idea: religious guy drops to give God thanks and dies of a spider-bite. The irony: he sees God as good, for that moment, but God or nature or the Universe sends a spider to kill him. That strange, conflicted way of thinking defines Kafkaesque for me.
Kafka has claimed the number one place on my favorite authors list. I can鈥檛 wait to read the novels and all his nonfiction. What an amazing soul!
December 3, 2015
Probably most readable, rhythmic and rounded among these tales, so much so that I forced my brother to listen to me reading it aloud to him, is The Great Wall of China, which contains the immortal .
Kafka's tales are oblique, frequently, I think, resisting reading in terms of established philosophical or ideological positions. Their psychological resonance is immense, even when it's difficult to pin a definitive meaning to the action, to divine the motivations of the characters, or to suck out an aphorism. Tales like The Metamorphosis describe the atmosphere of the period almost by exquisitely carving out the negative space. Investigations of a Dog is another of my favourites, interrogating, indirectly but with keen clear sight, unspoken anxieties and motivations behind social habits, and perhaps religious practices.
I have a theory that every honest reader will find themselves (uncomfortably, of course) in Kafka. I am the animal narrator-protagonist of The Burrow, who obsesses over its home's security and defences, and experiences bliss rolling on the floor of one of its chambers in brief, luxurious forgetfulness. Reflecting on this is quite therapeutic for me; I am able to challenge myself.
Kafka's tales are oblique, frequently, I think, resisting reading in terms of established philosophical or ideological positions. Their psychological resonance is immense, even when it's difficult to pin a definitive meaning to the action, to divine the motivations of the characters, or to suck out an aphorism. Tales like The Metamorphosis describe the atmosphere of the period almost by exquisitely carving out the negative space. Investigations of a Dog is another of my favourites, interrogating, indirectly but with keen clear sight, unspoken anxieties and motivations behind social habits, and perhaps religious practices.
I have a theory that every honest reader will find themselves (uncomfortably, of course) in Kafka. I am the animal narrator-protagonist of The Burrow, who obsesses over its home's security and defences, and experiences bliss rolling on the floor of one of its chambers in brief, luxurious forgetfulness. Reflecting on this is quite therapeutic for me; I am able to challenge myself.
August 19, 2008
The recent so-called scandalous revelations about Kafka's personal library (as if -- turns out he read a slightly edgy quarterly of arts & literature) prompt me to say something about his work. For my 欧宝娱乐 list, I suppose it must be this book, an inevitable choice but nonetheless indispensable (I should add, too, that I can't really specify when I read the COLLECTED STORIES; I began doing so in the 1960's & never stopped). To read Kafka is to be carried away by the imagination of the century just ended, a dream-facility which bodied forth core images of our changing condition, armed with new technologies but saddled with ancient hatreds & fears. The most famous such image, to be sure, is that of the breadwinner turned into a bug, "The Metamorphosis," & naturally that nightmare domestic comedy is in here. But this collection also has far shorter yet likewise spot-on renderings out of our developing collective unconscious, such as "A Hunger Artist," ever-more-essential reading for anyone trying to following a creative calling amid the materialist hurly-burly. More intense distillations are served, as well, in what would come to be called "flash-fic." But even at the length of a couple of pages or less, Kafka generates blinking terror & breathtaking cultural reach, in the bloody labyrinth of "A Country Doctor" or the heady blind alley of "On Parables." At every length, more's the astonishment, the rhetoric's perfectly modulated, with every correlation & description & thought given just the development, the finish, needed to serve the vision in play. Kafka insists on the primacy of that vision, never flashy, his good judgment eliminating anything that might distract, might suggest artist matters more than art. The cult of personality that's grown up around him, over the last few decades, is one of the most galling travesties of our literary culture. In Kafka's stories, the lengthiest to the most abbreviated, we are reminded that even our corrupted & shit-stained times may still be cleansed by the outflow of humanity's purest storytelling impulses.
January 21, 2020
亘乇丕蹖 丕乇丕丿鬲 亘賴 讴丕賮讴丕貙 賴賲蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賽 350 讴賱賲賴 丕蹖 賲乇丕 亘爻!
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倬賱蹖 亘賵丿賲 爻禺鬲 賵 爻乇丿貙 诏爻鬲乇丿賴 亘賴 乇賵蹖 蹖讴 倬乇鬲诏丕賴. 丕蹖賳 爻賵 倬丕賴丕 賵 丌賳 爻賵 丿爻鬲 賴丕蹖賲 乇丕 丿乇 夭賲蹖賳 賮乇賵 亘乇丿賴 亘賵丿賲. 趩賳诏 丿乇 诏賱 鬲乇丿 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴 亘賵丿賲 讴賴 倬丕亘乇噩丕 亘賲丕賳賲. 丿丕賲賳 亘丕賱丕倬賵卮賲 丿乇 丿賵 爻賵 亘賴 丿爻鬲 亘丕丿 倬蹖趩 賵 鬲丕亘 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿. 丿乇 丕毓賲丕賯 倬乇鬲诏丕賴貙 丌亘賽 爻乇丿賽 噩賵蹖亘丕乇賽 賯夭賱 丌賱丕 禺乇賵卮丕賳 賲蹖 诏匕卮鬲. 賴蹖趩 賲爻丕賮乇蹖 亘賴 丌賳 丕乇鬲賮丕毓丕鬲 氐毓亘 丕賱毓亘賵乇 乇丕賴 诏賲 賳賲蹖 讴乇丿. 賴賳賵夭 趩賳蹖賳 倬賱蹖 丿乇 賳賯卮賴 孬亘鬲 賳卮丿賴 亘賵丿. 亘丿蹖賳 爻丕賳貙 诏爻鬲乇丿賴 亘乇 倬乇鬲诏丕賴貙 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖 讴卮蹖丿賲貙 亘賴 賳丕趩丕乇 賲蹖 亘丕蹖爻鬲 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖 讴卮蹖丿賲. 賴蹖趩 倬賱蹖 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 亘蹖 丌賳 讴賴 賮乇賵 乇蹖夭丿 亘賴 倬賱 亘賵丿賳 禺賵丿 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿賴丿.
蹖讴 亘丕乇 丨丿賵丿 卮丕賲诏丕賴 鈥� 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 卮丕賲丕诏賴 亘賵丿 蹖丕 賴夭丕乇賲蹖賳貙 賳賲蹖 丿丕賳賲 -貙 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 賴丕蹖賲 倬蹖賵爻鬲賴 丿乇賴賲 賵 丌卮賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 賵 丿丕蹖乇賴 賵丕乇 丿乇 诏乇丿卮. 丨丿賵丿 卮丕賲诏丕賴蹖 丿乇 鬲丕亘爻鬲丕賳貙 噩賵蹖亘丕乇 鬲蹖乇賴 鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲蹖卮賴 噩丕乇蹖 亘賵丿. 賳丕诏賴丕賳 氐丿丕蹖 诏丕賲 賴丕蹖 賲乇丿蹖 乇丕 卮賳蹖丿賲! 亘賴 爻賵蹖 賲賳貙 亘賴 爻賵蹖 賲賳. 鈥� 丕蹖 倬賱貙 丕賳丿丕賲 禺賵丿 乇丕 禺賵亘 亘诏爻鬲乇丕賳貙 讴賲乇 乇丕爻鬲 讴賳貙 丕蹖 丕賱賵丕乇 亘蹖 丨賮丕馗貙 讴爻蹖 乇丕 讴賴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 鬲賵 爻倬乇丿賴 卮丿賴 丨賮馗 讴賳. 亘蹖 丌賳 讴賴 禺賵丿 丿乇蹖丕亘丿貙 囟毓賮 賵 丿賵丿賱蹖 乇丕 丕夭 诏丕賲 賴丕蹖卮 丿賵乇 讴賳貙 賵 丕诏乇 鬲毓丕丿賱 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿貙 倬丕 倬蹖卮 亘诏匕丕乇 賵 賴賲趩賵賳 禺丿丕蹖 讴賵賴爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 爻丕丨賱 倬乇鬲丕亘 讴賳.
賲乇丿 丕夭 乇丕賴 乇爻蹖丿貙 亘丕 賳賵讴 丌賴賳蹖 毓氐丕蹖 禺賵丿 亘賴 鬲賳賲 爻蹖禺 夭丿貨 爻倬爻 亘丕 丌賳 丿丕賲賳 亘丕賱丕倬賵卮賲 乇丕 噩賲毓 讴乇丿 賵 亘賴 乇賵蹖 賲賳 丕賳丿丕禺鬲. 賳賵讴 毓氐丕 乇丕 亘賴 賲蹖丕賳 賲賵賴丕蹖 倬乇倬卮鬲賲 賮乇賵 亘乇丿 賵 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 爻賵 賵 丌賳 爻賵 趩卮賲 賲蹖 诏乇丿丕賳丿貙 丌賳 乇丕 賲丿鬲蹖 賲蹖丕賳 賲賵賴丕蹖賲 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲. 丕賲丕 亘毓丿 鈥� 丿乇 禺蹖丕賱 禺賵丿 賲蹖 丿蹖丿賲 讴賴 丕夭 讴賵賴 賵 丿乇賴 诏匕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 鈥� 賳丕诏賴丕賳 亘丕 賴乇 丿賵 倬丕 亘賴 乇賵蹖 鬲賳賲 噩爻鬲 夭丿. 丕夭 丿乇丿蹖 噩丕賳讴丕賴 賵丨卮鬲 夭丿賴 亘賴 禺賵丿 丌賲丿賲貙 亘蹖 禺亘乇 丕夭 賴賲賴 噩丕. 丕蹖賳 趩賴 讴爻蹖 亘賵丿責 蹖讴 讴賵丿讴責 蹖讴 乇賵蹖丕責 蹖讴 乇丕賴夭賳責 讴爻蹖 讴賴 禺蹖丕賱 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 丿丕卮鬲責 蹖讴 賵爻賵爻賴 诏乇責 蹖讴 賵蹖乇丕賳诏乇責 爻倬爻 爻乇诏乇丿丕賳丿賲 讴賴 丕賵 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳賲. 鈥� 倬賱 爻乇賲蹖 诏乇丿丕賳丿! 丕賲丕 賴賳賵夭 亘賴 丿乇爻鬲蹖 爻乇賳诏乇丿丕賳丿賴 亘賵丿賲 讴賴 賮乇賵 乇蹖禺鬲賳賲 丌睾丕夭 卮丿貙 賮乇賵 乇蹖禺鬲賲貙 亘賴 蹖讴 丌賳 丕夭 賴賲 诏爻爻鬲賲 賵 賯賱賵賴 爻賳诏 賴丕蹖 鬲蹖夭蹖 讴賴 賴賲蹖卮賴 丌乇丕賲 賵 亘蹖 丌夭丕乇 丕夭 丿乇賵賳 丌亘賽 噩丕乇蹖 趩卮賲 亘賴 賲賳 賲蹖 丿賵禺鬲賳丿貙 鬲賳賲 乇丕 鬲讴賴 倬丕乇賴 讴乇丿賳丿.
"倬賱"
倬賱蹖 亘賵丿賲 爻禺鬲 賵 爻乇丿貙 诏爻鬲乇丿賴 亘賴 乇賵蹖 蹖讴 倬乇鬲诏丕賴. 丕蹖賳 爻賵 倬丕賴丕 賵 丌賳 爻賵 丿爻鬲 賴丕蹖賲 乇丕 丿乇 夭賲蹖賳 賮乇賵 亘乇丿賴 亘賵丿賲. 趩賳诏 丿乇 诏賱 鬲乇丿 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴 亘賵丿賲 讴賴 倬丕亘乇噩丕 亘賲丕賳賲. 丿丕賲賳 亘丕賱丕倬賵卮賲 丿乇 丿賵 爻賵 亘賴 丿爻鬲 亘丕丿 倬蹖趩 賵 鬲丕亘 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿. 丿乇 丕毓賲丕賯 倬乇鬲诏丕賴貙 丌亘賽 爻乇丿賽 噩賵蹖亘丕乇賽 賯夭賱 丌賱丕 禺乇賵卮丕賳 賲蹖 诏匕卮鬲. 賴蹖趩 賲爻丕賮乇蹖 亘賴 丌賳 丕乇鬲賮丕毓丕鬲 氐毓亘 丕賱毓亘賵乇 乇丕賴 诏賲 賳賲蹖 讴乇丿. 賴賳賵夭 趩賳蹖賳 倬賱蹖 丿乇 賳賯卮賴 孬亘鬲 賳卮丿賴 亘賵丿. 亘丿蹖賳 爻丕賳貙 诏爻鬲乇丿賴 亘乇 倬乇鬲诏丕賴貙 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖 讴卮蹖丿賲貙 亘賴 賳丕趩丕乇 賲蹖 亘丕蹖爻鬲 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖 讴卮蹖丿賲. 賴蹖趩 倬賱蹖 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 亘蹖 丌賳 讴賴 賮乇賵 乇蹖夭丿 亘賴 倬賱 亘賵丿賳 禺賵丿 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿賴丿.
蹖讴 亘丕乇 丨丿賵丿 卮丕賲诏丕賴 鈥� 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 卮丕賲丕诏賴 亘賵丿 蹖丕 賴夭丕乇賲蹖賳貙 賳賲蹖 丿丕賳賲 -貙 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 賴丕蹖賲 倬蹖賵爻鬲賴 丿乇賴賲 賵 丌卮賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 賵 丿丕蹖乇賴 賵丕乇 丿乇 诏乇丿卮. 丨丿賵丿 卮丕賲诏丕賴蹖 丿乇 鬲丕亘爻鬲丕賳貙 噩賵蹖亘丕乇 鬲蹖乇賴 鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲蹖卮賴 噩丕乇蹖 亘賵丿. 賳丕诏賴丕賳 氐丿丕蹖 诏丕賲 賴丕蹖 賲乇丿蹖 乇丕 卮賳蹖丿賲! 亘賴 爻賵蹖 賲賳貙 亘賴 爻賵蹖 賲賳. 鈥� 丕蹖 倬賱貙 丕賳丿丕賲 禺賵丿 乇丕 禺賵亘 亘诏爻鬲乇丕賳貙 讴賲乇 乇丕爻鬲 讴賳貙 丕蹖 丕賱賵丕乇 亘蹖 丨賮丕馗貙 讴爻蹖 乇丕 讴賴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 鬲賵 爻倬乇丿賴 卮丿賴 丨賮馗 讴賳. 亘蹖 丌賳 讴賴 禺賵丿 丿乇蹖丕亘丿貙 囟毓賮 賵 丿賵丿賱蹖 乇丕 丕夭 诏丕賲 賴丕蹖卮 丿賵乇 讴賳貙 賵 丕诏乇 鬲毓丕丿賱 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿貙 倬丕 倬蹖卮 亘诏匕丕乇 賵 賴賲趩賵賳 禺丿丕蹖 讴賵賴爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 爻丕丨賱 倬乇鬲丕亘 讴賳.
賲乇丿 丕夭 乇丕賴 乇爻蹖丿貙 亘丕 賳賵讴 丌賴賳蹖 毓氐丕蹖 禺賵丿 亘賴 鬲賳賲 爻蹖禺 夭丿貨 爻倬爻 亘丕 丌賳 丿丕賲賳 亘丕賱丕倬賵卮賲 乇丕 噩賲毓 讴乇丿 賵 亘賴 乇賵蹖 賲賳 丕賳丿丕禺鬲. 賳賵讴 毓氐丕 乇丕 亘賴 賲蹖丕賳 賲賵賴丕蹖 倬乇倬卮鬲賲 賮乇賵 亘乇丿 賵 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 爻賵 賵 丌賳 爻賵 趩卮賲 賲蹖 诏乇丿丕賳丿貙 丌賳 乇丕 賲丿鬲蹖 賲蹖丕賳 賲賵賴丕蹖賲 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲. 丕賲丕 亘毓丿 鈥� 丿乇 禺蹖丕賱 禺賵丿 賲蹖 丿蹖丿賲 讴賴 丕夭 讴賵賴 賵 丿乇賴 诏匕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 鈥� 賳丕诏賴丕賳 亘丕 賴乇 丿賵 倬丕 亘賴 乇賵蹖 鬲賳賲 噩爻鬲 夭丿. 丕夭 丿乇丿蹖 噩丕賳讴丕賴 賵丨卮鬲 夭丿賴 亘賴 禺賵丿 丌賲丿賲貙 亘蹖 禺亘乇 丕夭 賴賲賴 噩丕. 丕蹖賳 趩賴 讴爻蹖 亘賵丿責 蹖讴 讴賵丿讴責 蹖讴 乇賵蹖丕責 蹖讴 乇丕賴夭賳責 讴爻蹖 讴賴 禺蹖丕賱 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 丿丕卮鬲責 蹖讴 賵爻賵爻賴 诏乇責 蹖讴 賵蹖乇丕賳诏乇責 爻倬爻 爻乇诏乇丿丕賳丿賲 讴賴 丕賵 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳賲. 鈥� 倬賱 爻乇賲蹖 诏乇丿丕賳丿! 丕賲丕 賴賳賵夭 亘賴 丿乇爻鬲蹖 爻乇賳诏乇丿丕賳丿賴 亘賵丿賲 讴賴 賮乇賵 乇蹖禺鬲賳賲 丌睾丕夭 卮丿貙 賮乇賵 乇蹖禺鬲賲貙 亘賴 蹖讴 丌賳 丕夭 賴賲 诏爻爻鬲賲 賵 賯賱賵賴 爻賳诏 賴丕蹖 鬲蹖夭蹖 讴賴 賴賲蹖卮賴 丌乇丕賲 賵 亘蹖 丌夭丕乇 丕夭 丿乇賵賳 丌亘賽 噩丕乇蹖 趩卮賲 亘賴 賲賳 賲蹖 丿賵禺鬲賳丿貙 鬲賳賲 乇丕 鬲讴賴 倬丕乇賴 讴乇丿賳丿.
September 19, 2018
Desde su primer libro de relatos, "Contemplaci贸n", pasando por "La Metamorfosis" y todos los relatos p贸stumos que leg贸 el genio incomparable de Franz Kafka a la literatura universal, pueden leerse en este libro imprescindible que nos lleva a perdernos en los dilemas y laberintos, en las maravillosas paradojas kafkianas que disparan m煤ltiples interpretaciones como si fueran rizomas. Imperdible
September 18, 2018
鈥淎t the very corner dividing the two streets Wese paused, only his walking stick came around into the other street to support him. A sudden whim. The night sky invited him, with its dark blue and its gold. Unknowing, he gazed up at it, unknowing he lifted his hat and stroked his hair; nothing up there drew together in a pattern to interpret the immediate future for him; everything stayed in its senseless, inscrutable place. In itself it was a highly reasonable action that Wese should walk on, but he walked onto Schmar's knife.鈥�
-from 鈥淎 Fratricide鈥�
Trying to review Kafka without simply resorting to a string of tired adjectives (claustrophic, absurd, paranoid, circuitous, nightmarish, labyrinthine, despair-inducing, paradoxical) is a task about as futile as any to be found in a Kafka story鈥攂ut then again, what is any review of a great book if not an exercise in futility? You don鈥檛 need me to tell you Kafka is great, because you know Kafka is great, because everyone knows Kafka is great, and on and on forever. Even if you鈥檝e never read him, the name probably evokes images of an unfortunate man being turned into an insect or tortured in a penal colony or tried for a crime no one will say. You know when a situation is 鈥淜afkaesque,鈥� just as you know when it鈥檚 Orwellian or Lovecraftian or Dickensian or Shakespearean. (Side note: ever wonder why women writers are never given the name-as-descriptor treatment? Why no Austenesque or Woolfian?) When the culture is saturated with an artist鈥檚 influence like it is with Kafka鈥檚, it can seem almost redundant to experience that artist鈥檚 work firsthand. What else can there possibly be to glean?
The irony, of course, is that the best artists are the ones it鈥檚 least possible to imitate or explain, and a classic really worth that title will almost always evoke surprise rather than familiarity. Kafka reheated two or three times over is not really Kafka at all, no matter how Kafkaesque it may seem at face value. Going into the Collected Stories, I thought I knew more or less what to expect: the existential panic, the desensitizing bureaucracy, the unanswered questions shouted into a disinterested or malevolent void. And of course you can find all of that here鈥攖he stereotypes have an ample foundation in reality.
What I didn鈥檛 anticipate, though, was the heart鈥攖he tenderness with which Kafka regards even (or maybe especially) his most ridiculous and self-defeating characters: the pointlessly dueling pairs in 鈥淎 Little Woman鈥� and 鈥淭he Village Schoolmaster,鈥� the lonely and pathetic tunnel-dweller in 鈥淭he Burrow,鈥� the self-absorbed rodent diva in 鈥淛osephine the Singer.鈥� I was primed to expect a little humor, of a pitch-black and cynical kind, but not the snort-out-loud silliness of the creature Odradek in 鈥淭he Cares of a Family Man鈥� or the self-parodying pessimism of 鈥淩eflections for Gentleman-Jockeys.鈥� And whatever I鈥檝e come to expect from the nowadays-largely-predictable and uninspired genre we call 鈥渕agical realism,鈥� it has little to do with the almost-alien dreaminess of the imagery and atmosphere on display through nearly every story of this collection.
Don鈥檛 get me wrong鈥擪afka does give us plenty of fear and isolation and failure to communicate and needless cruelty and all those other Kafkaesque buzzwords. The perpetual anxiety of his characters, along with the bodily contortions and discomfort that so often accompany it, were (literally) painfully familiar to me as a sufferer of chronic anxiety. The meaningless corporate hoop-jumping and purgatorial workplace setpieces are still, as so many have said already, shockingly recognizable in our age of cubicles and Excel spreadsheets. And it would be unjust not to mention that Kafka, a German-speaking Jew who died in Vienna in 1924, clearly understood the reassuring numbness of bureaucratic ritual and the brutal uses to which it could be put decades before his own sisters and millions of others were sent to die in the Nazis鈥� ghettos and concentration camps.
But it鈥檚 not all doom and gloom and humorless jokes from a cruel universe. Kafka wasn鈥檛 some college sophomore self-styling as a nihilist, arrogantly assured of the rightness of his own unbeliefs. So much of his writing, especially the ultra-short, flash-fiction-y pieces that I count as my favorites, are suffused with real curiosity and surprise, even whimsy. (Yes, I said it: Kafka is whimsical.) Most of his protagonists are sympathetic, if a little aloof, just normal-ish working people trying their best to reach an understanding with their neighbors and make sense of a senseless world. They鈥檙e neurotic, yes, but who isn鈥檛? And for all the stories鈥� pervasive uneasiness, there鈥檚 also a no-less-pervasive feeling of wonder鈥攁s if the half-dreams that come just before or after real sleep have somehow been captured and made frighteningly tangible.
Not every story in this compilation is a masterpiece. Half of them weren鈥檛 published in Kafka鈥檚 lifetime, and many of those were never completed. I was bored by the lengthy, narrative-eschewing surrealism of 鈥淒escription of a Struggle,鈥� and some of the longer pieces (鈥淚nvestigations of a Dog,鈥� 鈥淭he Burrow鈥�) read more like tedious philosophical experiments than 鈥渟tories鈥� in a strict sense. Quite a few of Kafka鈥檚 works (鈥淭he Hunger Artist鈥� being the most famous) serve mainly as vehicles for his musings on the creative life, and, while some readers may argue, I tend to find that such writerly navel-gazing works best in small doses, if at all. Generally speaking, in fact, I think that K is at his best in the very short fictions: paragraph- or page-long impressions that introduce a striking image but don鈥檛 let us get too familiar. There are famous exceptions, of course (鈥淭he Metamorphosis鈥� and 鈥淚n the Penal Colony鈥� deserve all the attention they get), but for the most part it was the micro-stories that inspired the most macro response in me.
If I were more self-aware, maybe I'd have taken that lesson to heart and kept this review short too. But then again, Kafka has the advantage here: he has to condense only the experience of living. I, on the other hand, have to condense Kafka.
-from 鈥淎 Fratricide鈥�
Trying to review Kafka without simply resorting to a string of tired adjectives (claustrophic, absurd, paranoid, circuitous, nightmarish, labyrinthine, despair-inducing, paradoxical) is a task about as futile as any to be found in a Kafka story鈥攂ut then again, what is any review of a great book if not an exercise in futility? You don鈥檛 need me to tell you Kafka is great, because you know Kafka is great, because everyone knows Kafka is great, and on and on forever. Even if you鈥檝e never read him, the name probably evokes images of an unfortunate man being turned into an insect or tortured in a penal colony or tried for a crime no one will say. You know when a situation is 鈥淜afkaesque,鈥� just as you know when it鈥檚 Orwellian or Lovecraftian or Dickensian or Shakespearean. (Side note: ever wonder why women writers are never given the name-as-descriptor treatment? Why no Austenesque or Woolfian?) When the culture is saturated with an artist鈥檚 influence like it is with Kafka鈥檚, it can seem almost redundant to experience that artist鈥檚 work firsthand. What else can there possibly be to glean?
The irony, of course, is that the best artists are the ones it鈥檚 least possible to imitate or explain, and a classic really worth that title will almost always evoke surprise rather than familiarity. Kafka reheated two or three times over is not really Kafka at all, no matter how Kafkaesque it may seem at face value. Going into the Collected Stories, I thought I knew more or less what to expect: the existential panic, the desensitizing bureaucracy, the unanswered questions shouted into a disinterested or malevolent void. And of course you can find all of that here鈥攖he stereotypes have an ample foundation in reality.
What I didn鈥檛 anticipate, though, was the heart鈥攖he tenderness with which Kafka regards even (or maybe especially) his most ridiculous and self-defeating characters: the pointlessly dueling pairs in 鈥淎 Little Woman鈥� and 鈥淭he Village Schoolmaster,鈥� the lonely and pathetic tunnel-dweller in 鈥淭he Burrow,鈥� the self-absorbed rodent diva in 鈥淛osephine the Singer.鈥� I was primed to expect a little humor, of a pitch-black and cynical kind, but not the snort-out-loud silliness of the creature Odradek in 鈥淭he Cares of a Family Man鈥� or the self-parodying pessimism of 鈥淩eflections for Gentleman-Jockeys.鈥� And whatever I鈥檝e come to expect from the nowadays-largely-predictable and uninspired genre we call 鈥渕agical realism,鈥� it has little to do with the almost-alien dreaminess of the imagery and atmosphere on display through nearly every story of this collection.
Don鈥檛 get me wrong鈥擪afka does give us plenty of fear and isolation and failure to communicate and needless cruelty and all those other Kafkaesque buzzwords. The perpetual anxiety of his characters, along with the bodily contortions and discomfort that so often accompany it, were (literally) painfully familiar to me as a sufferer of chronic anxiety. The meaningless corporate hoop-jumping and purgatorial workplace setpieces are still, as so many have said already, shockingly recognizable in our age of cubicles and Excel spreadsheets. And it would be unjust not to mention that Kafka, a German-speaking Jew who died in Vienna in 1924, clearly understood the reassuring numbness of bureaucratic ritual and the brutal uses to which it could be put decades before his own sisters and millions of others were sent to die in the Nazis鈥� ghettos and concentration camps.
But it鈥檚 not all doom and gloom and humorless jokes from a cruel universe. Kafka wasn鈥檛 some college sophomore self-styling as a nihilist, arrogantly assured of the rightness of his own unbeliefs. So much of his writing, especially the ultra-short, flash-fiction-y pieces that I count as my favorites, are suffused with real curiosity and surprise, even whimsy. (Yes, I said it: Kafka is whimsical.) Most of his protagonists are sympathetic, if a little aloof, just normal-ish working people trying their best to reach an understanding with their neighbors and make sense of a senseless world. They鈥檙e neurotic, yes, but who isn鈥檛? And for all the stories鈥� pervasive uneasiness, there鈥檚 also a no-less-pervasive feeling of wonder鈥攁s if the half-dreams that come just before or after real sleep have somehow been captured and made frighteningly tangible.
Not every story in this compilation is a masterpiece. Half of them weren鈥檛 published in Kafka鈥檚 lifetime, and many of those were never completed. I was bored by the lengthy, narrative-eschewing surrealism of 鈥淒escription of a Struggle,鈥� and some of the longer pieces (鈥淚nvestigations of a Dog,鈥� 鈥淭he Burrow鈥�) read more like tedious philosophical experiments than 鈥渟tories鈥� in a strict sense. Quite a few of Kafka鈥檚 works (鈥淭he Hunger Artist鈥� being the most famous) serve mainly as vehicles for his musings on the creative life, and, while some readers may argue, I tend to find that such writerly navel-gazing works best in small doses, if at all. Generally speaking, in fact, I think that K is at his best in the very short fictions: paragraph- or page-long impressions that introduce a striking image but don鈥檛 let us get too familiar. There are famous exceptions, of course (鈥淭he Metamorphosis鈥� and 鈥淚n the Penal Colony鈥� deserve all the attention they get), but for the most part it was the micro-stories that inspired the most macro response in me.
If I were more self-aware, maybe I'd have taken that lesson to heart and kept this review short too. But then again, Kafka has the advantage here: he has to condense only the experience of living. I, on the other hand, have to condense Kafka.
February 2, 2012
There is something about Kafka's writing that just pulls you in, ties you to the chair and makes you experience it - in all of its frustration, humor and sadness. When observed objectively, it is almost insane that we still read an author that only published a few completed short stories. Kafka ordered all of his work to be burned upon his early death at 41 - his executor and friend, Max Brod, sensed the unfulfilled genius in Kafka's work, and refused his friend's dying wish.
So I asked myself when I took this book of the shelf a couple of months ago, "Why read this book of stories for the third time?" I can't think of another collection of short stories I've read cover-to-cover more than twice. In addition, most of the stories in this collection are unfinished. The jewels of the collection, "The Hunger Artist", "A Report to an Academy", "In the Penal Colony" and the eponymous "Metamorphosis" are outstanding. The remainder of the collection is like staring into a handful of uncut, unpolished diamonds - the reader is forced to look at the potential rather than the current state. This collection includes everything that exists from Kafka's pen, with the exception of his three unfinished novels.
I don't think that Kafka is the best short story writer. But after reading his stories for the third time, I think I've realized why I like him so much. Kafka's particular talent at a particular point in human history is serendipitous. I believe that his writing is a bridge between the story writing and telling of the 19th century and the dawning of a new age in literature (the "Modern" and then "Post-Modern" literature ages). I can sense 19th century Europe in his stories as much as I can the David Foster Wallace, Ben Marcus and other talented late 20th century writers. This positioning is unique and rather daunting for an author with little finished work.
A word of warning: the last third of the book contains "short short stories", many of which aren't more than a paragraph long and are really nothing more than ideas for later consideration. Reading through pages of these is like a journey through a deranged mind, so if you choose to read this book cover-to-cover, plan on tackling this section in short bursts.
So I asked myself when I took this book of the shelf a couple of months ago, "Why read this book of stories for the third time?" I can't think of another collection of short stories I've read cover-to-cover more than twice. In addition, most of the stories in this collection are unfinished. The jewels of the collection, "The Hunger Artist", "A Report to an Academy", "In the Penal Colony" and the eponymous "Metamorphosis" are outstanding. The remainder of the collection is like staring into a handful of uncut, unpolished diamonds - the reader is forced to look at the potential rather than the current state. This collection includes everything that exists from Kafka's pen, with the exception of his three unfinished novels.
I don't think that Kafka is the best short story writer. But after reading his stories for the third time, I think I've realized why I like him so much. Kafka's particular talent at a particular point in human history is serendipitous. I believe that his writing is a bridge between the story writing and telling of the 19th century and the dawning of a new age in literature (the "Modern" and then "Post-Modern" literature ages). I can sense 19th century Europe in his stories as much as I can the David Foster Wallace, Ben Marcus and other talented late 20th century writers. This positioning is unique and rather daunting for an author with little finished work.
A word of warning: the last third of the book contains "short short stories", many of which aren't more than a paragraph long and are really nothing more than ideas for later consideration. Reading through pages of these is like a journey through a deranged mind, so if you choose to read this book cover-to-cover, plan on tackling this section in short bursts.
December 7, 2021
Albert Camus once said that "the whole of Kafka's art consists in compelling the reader to re-read him." Since the interpretations of Kafka are many and the search for the meaning of his stories seemingly endless, the reader will return to the story itself in the hope of finding guidance from within. Thus, a second reading will 鈥� hopefully 鈥� become a commentary on the first, and subsequent readings will 鈥� again hopefully 鈥� shed light on the preceding ones. Each story I read trapped me in an endless maze. I admire the literary style of Kafka, but when it comes to the realization and the meaning behind his stories, he is very enigmatic.
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May 2, 2016 賮乇丕賳鬲爻 讴丕賮讴丕 賲鬲賵賱丿 卮丿賴 丿乇 倬乇丕诏 賵 丕夭 蹖讴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 蹖賴賵丿蹖 賽丌賱賲丕賳蹖 夭亘丕賳 丕爻鬲. 丕賵 亘乇 丕孬乇 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 爻賱 丿乇 爻賵賲 跇賵卅賳 賴夭丕乇 賵 賳賴氐丿 賵 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 趩賴丕乇 丿乇 诏匕卮鬲. 讴丕賮讴丕 丕毓鬲賲丕丿 亘賴 賳賮爻 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖 禺賵丿 賳丿丕卮鬲 賵 丿乇 丕讴孬乇 賲賵丕賯毓 丿賵爻鬲 丕賵 賲丕讴爻 亘乇賵丿 丕賵 乇丕 鬲卮賵蹖賯 亘賴 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 丌賳賴丕 賲蹖 讴乇丿. 噩丕蹖蹖 賳蹖夭 丿乇 蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲 賴丕蹖 禺賵丿 讴賴 丕夭賮乇爻鬲丕丿賳 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖卮 倬卮蹖賲丕賳 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賳賵卮鬲: 讴丕卮 丿爻鬲 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖賲 乇丕 倬爻 賲蹖 賮乇爻鬲丕丿. 丿乇 丌賳 氐賵乇鬲 丕蹖賳 丕賲讴丕賳 乇丕 丿丕卮鬲賲 讴賴 賮賯胤 賴賲丕賳 丕賳丿丕夭賴 鬲蹖乇賴 亘禺鬲 亘丕卮賲 讴賴 倬蹖卮 鬲乇賴丕 亘賵丿賲.
賯賱賲 讴丕賮讴丕 賴乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 毓丕賲蹖 乇丕 亘賴 爻賵蹖 禺賵丿 賳賲蹖 讴卮丕賳丿. 丕賵 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 丿乇 爻乇丿乇诏賲蹖 賴丕蹖 賮賱爻賮蹖 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 禺賵丿 賲蹖 讴卮丕賳丿. 诏賲乇丕賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿貙 賲蹖 賲蹖乇丕賳丿貙 夭賳丿賴 賲蹖 诏乇丿丕賳丿 賵 賴賲賴 丕蹖賳 睾蹖乇賲毓賲賵賱 賴丕 乇丕 賲毓賲賵賱 賵 賳夭丿蹖讴 亘賴 蹖讴 乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 丕賵 丕夭 讴賴 賵 丕夭 趩賴 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿責 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕 乇丕 诏乇賴 讴賵乇 賲蹖 夭賳丿貙 胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 丕诏乇 亘丿賵賳 鬲賲乇讴夭 亘賴 禺賵丕賳卮 亘倬乇丿丕夭蹖 噩夭 讴賱丕賮诏蹖 賲鬲賵噩賴 賲賮賴賵賲蹖 丿蹖诏乇 賳禺賵丕賴蹖 卮丿. 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 讴丕賮讴丕 丨丕賵蹖 毓丕丿蹖 诏乇丕蹖蹖賽 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 爻丕賳鬲蹖 賲丕賳鬲丕賱蹖爻賲 蹖丕 亘蹖 乇丨賲丕賳賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 賲毓讴賵爻 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭丕亘鬲丿丕貙 丕夭 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 賴丕蹖 賮丕亘賱(fabula) 亘賴 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 鬲乇蹖賳 卮讴賱 賲賲讴賳 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 乇賵丕蹖 賴丕蹖 丌賳 诏丕賴 诏乇诏賵乇 賲爻禺 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丨卮乇賴 丕蹖 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 賵丨卮鬲 丕夭 丌賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賳 诏乇诏賵乇 亘賴 蹖讴 丨卮乇賴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕賵 乇丕 丌賳賯丿乇 賳賲蹖 鬲乇爻丕賳丿 讴賴 噩乇蹖丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 卮丕賳 乇丕 賲禺鬲賱 讴賳丿. 丌賳賴丕 倬爻 丕夭 诏匕卮鬲 賲丿鬲 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 胤亘賯 乇賵夭賲乇诏蹖 賴丕蹖 倬蹖卮蹖賳 亘丕 丕丨鬲乇丕賲蹖 讴賲鬲乇 賵 賳丕丿蹖丿賴 鬲乇 賵 鬲丨賯蹖乇丌賲蹖夭 鬲乇 亘丕 丕賵 乇賮鬲丕乇 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿. 丕賵 乇丕 丕夭 丿蹖丿 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賲禺賮蹖 賳诏賴 賲蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 賵 丌夭丕丿蹖 丕賵 亘賴 夭蹖乇 蹖讴 賲亘賱貙 禺夭蹖丿賳 賴丕蹖 睾賲 丕賳诏蹖夭 賽丨丕氐賱 丕夭 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 乇賵蹖 爻賯賮 賲丨丿賵丿 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 賵 賳蹖夭 丿乇 爻乇夭賲蹖賳 賲丨讴賵賲丕賳 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 讴賴 丕賮爻乇 賳丨賵賴 讴丕乇讴乇丿 丿爻鬲诏丕賴 賲禺氐賵氐 丕毓丿丕賲 乇丕 亘丕 丨囟賵乇 賲丨讴賵賲 亘蹖 乇丨賲丕賳賴 鬲賵囟蹖丨 賲蹖 丿賴丿 賲爻丕賮乇 倬跇賵賴卮诏乇 賳蹖夭 亘丕 乇賮鬲丕乇蹖 讴丕賲賱丕 賲毓賲賵賱 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 丌賳賴丕 賲蹖 賳诏乇丿 賵 賴賲蹖賳 爻讴賵鬲 賳賵毓蹖 丕夭卮賯丕賵鬲 丌賳賴丕 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 胤亘蹖毓鬲 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 丕孬乇 賴丕蹖 丕丿亘蹖 丕賵 毓丕丿蹖 爻丕夭蹖 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲.
倬乇賳丿賴 丕蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丿卮賵丕乇蹖 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿. 丕夭 賱丕賳賴 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿. 丕夭 禺夭賴 賴丕 亘丕 丿蹖丿蹖 賴乇丕爻 丕賳诏蹖夭 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 胤亘蹖毓蹖 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 禺胤乇 賲蹖 丕賳丿丕夭賳丿 爻禺賳 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿. 賳賯胤賴 賲卮鬲乇讴 鬲賲丕賲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 丕賵 爻乇丿乇诏賲蹖貙 賳诏乇丕賳蹖貙 丕賳丿賵賴 亘丕夭诏卮鬲 賵 乇賮鬲賳 丕爻鬲. 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 賴丕蹖 睾蹖乇丕賳爻丕賳蹖貙 丨蹖賵丕賳蹖 鬲賵氐蹖賮 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 亘賴 爻诏 賴賵蹖鬲 賵 卮賳丕爻賳丕賲賴 賵 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 蹖 賮乇丿蹖 賽 禺丕氐 賲蹖 丿賴丿. 賲丕賳賳丿 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 蹖讴 爻诏 丿乇 倬跇賵賴卮 賴丕蹖卮 鬲丨賱蹖賱 毓賱賲蹖 賵 毓賲蹖賯 丕乇丕卅賴 賲蹖 丿賴丿. 丌賳噩丕 讴賴 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 :"丕夭 噩賴丕賳 爻乇丕爻乇 丿乇賵睾 亘蹖乇賵賳 亘夭賳賲 噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 丨賯蹖賯鬲 乇丕 丕夭 賴蹖趩讴爻 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 卮賳蹖丿. 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 賲賳 丕夭 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賳亘賵丿 丕夭禺賵丿賲 亘賵丿 賵 亘爻." 丕夭 丿乇賵睾 賴丕 诏賱賴 賲賳丿 丕爻鬲 賵 賲乇诏 乇丕 胤亘蹖毓蹖 鬲乇 賲毓賲賵賱 鬲乇 丕夭 丌賳趩賴 賲蹖 賳賲丕蹖丿 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕蹖 亘蹖乇賵賳 丿乇 賲賵丕噩賴賴 亘丕 丌賳 毓讴爻 丕賱毓賲賱 賴丕蹖 噩賳賵賳 丌賲蹖夭 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖 丿賴賳丿 賵 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲鬲毓賱賯 賲蹖 丿丕賳賳丿.
丿乇 賲鬲賳 "丕賵" 丕賵 丌賳賯丿乇 丿乇 賲賱丕賱 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 亘爻鬲乇 乇丕 賵爻蹖賱賴 丌乇丕賲卮 賳賲蹖 倬賳丿丕乇丿貙 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 鬲囟丕丿 讴賱賲丕鬲 亘賴 噩丕賳 禺賵蹖卮 賲蹖 丕賮鬲丿: "賮囟丕蹖賱 賴賲賴 賮乇丿蹖 丕賳丿貙 賲毓丕蹖亘 賴賲賴 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖. 丌賳趩賴 賮囟蹖賱鬲 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 禺賵丕賳丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賲孬賱丕 毓卮賯貙 丕夭 禺賵丿 诏匕卮鬲诏蹖貙 毓丿丕賱鬲貙 賮丿丕讴丕乇蹖貙 賮賯胤 毓蹖亘蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 胤乇夭蹖 睾乇蹖亘 丕夭卮丿鬲 丌賳 讴丕爻鬲賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 讴丕賮讴丕 卮丕蹖丿 丕蹖賳诏賵賳賴 丨賯蹖賯鬲 賴丕蹖 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 賵 睾蹖乇 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 賵 乇賳噩 賴丕蹖 丿乇賵賳蹖 乇丕 亘賴 丿賵乇 丕夭 讴賱蹖卮賴 亘賴 卮蹖賵賴 賲禺氐賵氐 禺賵丿卮 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 賴乇 丌賳趩賴 讴賴 亘賵丿 賵 丕爻鬲 丕賵 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 禺爻鬲賴 诏丕賳賽 賳丕 丕賲蹖丿 賵 丕馗胤乇丕乇 賵 鬲卮賵蹖卮貙 噩丕蹖 倬丕蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 賯乇賳 賴丕 丿乇 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 乇賳噩 賴丕 賵 丿乇丿 賴丕 爻賮鬲 讴賳丿.
"賲賳 賲乇丿丕亘 賴丕 乇丕 禺卮讴 賳賲蹖 讴賳賲 亘賱讴賴 賲蹖丕賳 亘禺丕乇丕鬲 鬲亘 丌賱賵丿 丌賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賲."
賯賱賲 讴丕賮讴丕 賴乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 毓丕賲蹖 乇丕 亘賴 爻賵蹖 禺賵丿 賳賲蹖 讴卮丕賳丿. 丕賵 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 丿乇 爻乇丿乇诏賲蹖 賴丕蹖 賮賱爻賮蹖 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 禺賵丿 賲蹖 讴卮丕賳丿. 诏賲乇丕賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿貙 賲蹖 賲蹖乇丕賳丿貙 夭賳丿賴 賲蹖 诏乇丿丕賳丿 賵 賴賲賴 丕蹖賳 睾蹖乇賲毓賲賵賱 賴丕 乇丕 賲毓賲賵賱 賵 賳夭丿蹖讴 亘賴 蹖讴 乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 丕賵 丕夭 讴賴 賵 丕夭 趩賴 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿責 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕 乇丕 诏乇賴 讴賵乇 賲蹖 夭賳丿貙 胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 丕诏乇 亘丿賵賳 鬲賲乇讴夭 亘賴 禺賵丕賳卮 亘倬乇丿丕夭蹖 噩夭 讴賱丕賮诏蹖 賲鬲賵噩賴 賲賮賴賵賲蹖 丿蹖诏乇 賳禺賵丕賴蹖 卮丿. 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 讴丕賮讴丕 丨丕賵蹖 毓丕丿蹖 诏乇丕蹖蹖賽 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 爻丕賳鬲蹖 賲丕賳鬲丕賱蹖爻賲 蹖丕 亘蹖 乇丨賲丕賳賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 賲毓讴賵爻 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭丕亘鬲丿丕貙 丕夭 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 賴丕蹖 賮丕亘賱(fabula) 亘賴 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 鬲乇蹖賳 卮讴賱 賲賲讴賳 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 乇賵丕蹖 賴丕蹖 丌賳 诏丕賴 诏乇诏賵乇 賲爻禺 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丨卮乇賴 丕蹖 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 賵丨卮鬲 丕夭 丌賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賳 诏乇诏賵乇 亘賴 蹖讴 丨卮乇賴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕賵 乇丕 丌賳賯丿乇 賳賲蹖 鬲乇爻丕賳丿 讴賴 噩乇蹖丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 卮丕賳 乇丕 賲禺鬲賱 讴賳丿. 丌賳賴丕 倬爻 丕夭 诏匕卮鬲 賲丿鬲 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 胤亘賯 乇賵夭賲乇诏蹖 賴丕蹖 倬蹖卮蹖賳 亘丕 丕丨鬲乇丕賲蹖 讴賲鬲乇 賵 賳丕丿蹖丿賴 鬲乇 賵 鬲丨賯蹖乇丌賲蹖夭 鬲乇 亘丕 丕賵 乇賮鬲丕乇 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿. 丕賵 乇丕 丕夭 丿蹖丿 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賲禺賮蹖 賳诏賴 賲蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 賵 丌夭丕丿蹖 丕賵 亘賴 夭蹖乇 蹖讴 賲亘賱貙 禺夭蹖丿賳 賴丕蹖 睾賲 丕賳诏蹖夭 賽丨丕氐賱 丕夭 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 乇賵蹖 爻賯賮 賲丨丿賵丿 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 賵 賳蹖夭 丿乇 爻乇夭賲蹖賳 賲丨讴賵賲丕賳 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 讴賴 丕賮爻乇 賳丨賵賴 讴丕乇讴乇丿 丿爻鬲诏丕賴 賲禺氐賵氐 丕毓丿丕賲 乇丕 亘丕 丨囟賵乇 賲丨讴賵賲 亘蹖 乇丨賲丕賳賴 鬲賵囟蹖丨 賲蹖 丿賴丿 賲爻丕賮乇 倬跇賵賴卮诏乇 賳蹖夭 亘丕 乇賮鬲丕乇蹖 讴丕賲賱丕 賲毓賲賵賱 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 丌賳賴丕 賲蹖 賳诏乇丿 賵 賴賲蹖賳 爻讴賵鬲 賳賵毓蹖 丕夭卮賯丕賵鬲 丌賳賴丕 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 胤亘蹖毓鬲 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 丕孬乇 賴丕蹖 丕丿亘蹖 丕賵 毓丕丿蹖 爻丕夭蹖 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲.
倬乇賳丿賴 丕蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丿卮賵丕乇蹖 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿. 丕夭 賱丕賳賴 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿. 丕夭 禺夭賴 賴丕 亘丕 丿蹖丿蹖 賴乇丕爻 丕賳诏蹖夭 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 胤亘蹖毓蹖 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 禺胤乇 賲蹖 丕賳丿丕夭賳丿 爻禺賳 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿. 賳賯胤賴 賲卮鬲乇讴 鬲賲丕賲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 丕賵 爻乇丿乇诏賲蹖貙 賳诏乇丕賳蹖貙 丕賳丿賵賴 亘丕夭诏卮鬲 賵 乇賮鬲賳 丕爻鬲. 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 賴丕蹖 睾蹖乇丕賳爻丕賳蹖貙 丨蹖賵丕賳蹖 鬲賵氐蹖賮 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 亘賴 爻诏 賴賵蹖鬲 賵 卮賳丕爻賳丕賲賴 賵 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 蹖 賮乇丿蹖 賽 禺丕氐 賲蹖 丿賴丿. 賲丕賳賳丿 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 蹖讴 爻诏 丿乇 倬跇賵賴卮 賴丕蹖卮 鬲丨賱蹖賱 毓賱賲蹖 賵 毓賲蹖賯 丕乇丕卅賴 賲蹖 丿賴丿. 丌賳噩丕 讴賴 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 :"丕夭 噩賴丕賳 爻乇丕爻乇 丿乇賵睾 亘蹖乇賵賳 亘夭賳賲 噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 丨賯蹖賯鬲 乇丕 丕夭 賴蹖趩讴爻 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 卮賳蹖丿. 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 賲賳 丕夭 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賳亘賵丿 丕夭禺賵丿賲 亘賵丿 賵 亘爻." 丕夭 丿乇賵睾 賴丕 诏賱賴 賲賳丿 丕爻鬲 賵 賲乇诏 乇丕 胤亘蹖毓蹖 鬲乇 賲毓賲賵賱 鬲乇 丕夭 丌賳趩賴 賲蹖 賳賲丕蹖丿 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕蹖 亘蹖乇賵賳 丿乇 賲賵丕噩賴賴 亘丕 丌賳 毓讴爻 丕賱毓賲賱 賴丕蹖 噩賳賵賳 丌賲蹖夭 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖 丿賴賳丿 賵 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲鬲毓賱賯 賲蹖 丿丕賳賳丿.
丿乇 賲鬲賳 "丕賵" 丕賵 丌賳賯丿乇 丿乇 賲賱丕賱 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 亘爻鬲乇 乇丕 賵爻蹖賱賴 丌乇丕賲卮 賳賲蹖 倬賳丿丕乇丿貙 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 鬲囟丕丿 讴賱賲丕鬲 亘賴 噩丕賳 禺賵蹖卮 賲蹖 丕賮鬲丿: "賮囟丕蹖賱 賴賲賴 賮乇丿蹖 丕賳丿貙 賲毓丕蹖亘 賴賲賴 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖. 丌賳趩賴 賮囟蹖賱鬲 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 禺賵丕賳丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賲孬賱丕 毓卮賯貙 丕夭 禺賵丿 诏匕卮鬲诏蹖貙 毓丿丕賱鬲貙 賮丿丕讴丕乇蹖貙 賮賯胤 毓蹖亘蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 胤乇夭蹖 睾乇蹖亘 丕夭卮丿鬲 丌賳 讴丕爻鬲賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 讴丕賮讴丕 卮丕蹖丿 丕蹖賳诏賵賳賴 丨賯蹖賯鬲 賴丕蹖 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 賵 睾蹖乇 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 賵 乇賳噩 賴丕蹖 丿乇賵賳蹖 乇丕 亘賴 丿賵乇 丕夭 讴賱蹖卮賴 亘賴 卮蹖賵賴 賲禺氐賵氐 禺賵丿卮 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 賴乇 丌賳趩賴 讴賴 亘賵丿 賵 丕爻鬲 丕賵 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 禺爻鬲賴 诏丕賳賽 賳丕 丕賲蹖丿 賵 丕馗胤乇丕乇 賵 鬲卮賵蹖卮貙 噩丕蹖 倬丕蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 賯乇賳 賴丕 丿乇 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 乇賳噩 賴丕 賵 丿乇丿 賴丕 爻賮鬲 讴賳丿.
"賲賳 賲乇丿丕亘 賴丕 乇丕 禺卮讴 賳賲蹖 讴賳賲 亘賱讴賴 賲蹖丕賳 亘禺丕乇丕鬲 鬲亘 丌賱賵丿 丌賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賲."
July 23, 2021
In his introduction here John Updike mentions the beauty of the original German. I wonder if that isn鈥檛 why the stories as I read them here in English are so often slogs. 鈥淢etamorphosis鈥� was a great bore. Alas鈥�
June 5, 2017
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 賵 丿爻鬲賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕蹖 讴丕賮讴丕 亘賴 噩夭 3 乇賲丕賳 丕賵 乇丕 卮丕賲賱 賲蹖 卮賵丿 .
讴賱丕 禺蹖賱蹖 丕囟胤乇丕亘 丕賵乇 賵 賲卮賵卮 讴賳賳丿賴 丕爻鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕卮 . 亘毓丿 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳卮賵賳 丕丿賲 賴賳賵夭 匕賴賳卮 丿乇诏蹖乇 賵 賲卮賵卮 賴爻鬲 .
乇丕爻鬲卮 賲賳 丕夭 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕卮 爻乇 丿乇 賳賲蹖 丕賵乇丿賲 賵 亘毓囟蹖 賴丕卮 賴賲 讴賴 賳氐賮賴 亘賵丿 ....... 馗丕賴乇丕 丕讴孬乇 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 讴丕賮讴丕 賳蹖賲賴 讴丕乇賴 亘賵丿賴 賵 賵氐蹖鬲 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賴 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲乇诏卮 賳丕亘賵丿 亘卮賵賳丿 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲卮 亘賴 丕蹖賳 賵氐蹖鬲 毓賲賱 賳賲蹖 讴賳賴 .
丕賲丕 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 賴賲 禺蹖賱蹖 賯卮賳诏 亘賵丿 . 賲賳 禺賵丿賲 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 讴蹖賮乇诏丕賴 貙 诏夭丕乇卮蹖 亘賴 賮乇賴賳诏爻鬲丕賳 貙 诏乇丕讴賵爻 卮讴丕乇诏乇 賵 賴賳乇賲賳丿 诏乇爻賳诏蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵卮賲 丕賵賲丿 . 賳賵卮鬲賴 讴賵鬲丕賴卮 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 丕賮爻丕賳賴 倬乇賵賲鬲卅賵爻 賴賲 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿 . 丕賲丕 讴丕賲賱丕 丕丿賲 乇丕 丕卮賮鬲賴 賲蹖 讴賳賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕卮 賳賲蹖 丿賵賳賲 趩乇丕 . 蹖毓賳蹖 賲賳 賲賵賯毓 禺賵賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 睾賲诏蹖賳 賵 賲囟胤乇亘 亘賵丿賲 . 賵 賱蹖 賵丕賯毓丕 賲丨蹖胤蹖 讴賴 賲蹖 爻丕禺鬲 賴賲 丿乇丿丕賵乇 亘賵丿 賴賲 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 . 丕氐賱丕 亘蹖 禺蹖丕賱 賳賲蹖 鬲賵賳賲 亘诏賵蹖賲 趩賴 丨爻蹖 丿丕卮鬲賲
馗丕賴乇丕 倬丿乇 禺蹖賱蹖 賲爻鬲亘丿 賵 乇毓亘 丕賳诏蹖夭蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 賴賲蹖賳 賲丨蹖胤 禺賮賯丕賳 賵 賵丨卮鬲 亘丕毓孬 卮丿賴 亘毓丿 賴賲 爻亘讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕卮 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 爻蹖丕賴 賵 鬲賳賴丕 賵 丿賱賴乇賴 丕賵乇 亘丕卮賳丿 .
讴賱丕 禺蹖賱蹖 丕囟胤乇丕亘 丕賵乇 賵 賲卮賵卮 讴賳賳丿賴 丕爻鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕卮 . 亘毓丿 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳卮賵賳 丕丿賲 賴賳賵夭 匕賴賳卮 丿乇诏蹖乇 賵 賲卮賵卮 賴爻鬲 .
乇丕爻鬲卮 賲賳 丕夭 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕卮 爻乇 丿乇 賳賲蹖 丕賵乇丿賲 賵 亘毓囟蹖 賴丕卮 賴賲 讴賴 賳氐賮賴 亘賵丿 ....... 馗丕賴乇丕 丕讴孬乇 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 讴丕賮讴丕 賳蹖賲賴 讴丕乇賴 亘賵丿賴 賵 賵氐蹖鬲 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賴 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲乇诏卮 賳丕亘賵丿 亘卮賵賳丿 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲卮 亘賴 丕蹖賳 賵氐蹖鬲 毓賲賱 賳賲蹖 讴賳賴 .
丕賲丕 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕 賴賲 禺蹖賱蹖 賯卮賳诏 亘賵丿 . 賲賳 禺賵丿賲 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 讴蹖賮乇诏丕賴 貙 诏夭丕乇卮蹖 亘賴 賮乇賴賳诏爻鬲丕賳 貙 诏乇丕讴賵爻 卮讴丕乇诏乇 賵 賴賳乇賲賳丿 诏乇爻賳诏蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵卮賲 丕賵賲丿 . 賳賵卮鬲賴 讴賵鬲丕賴卮 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 丕賮爻丕賳賴 倬乇賵賲鬲卅賵爻 賴賲 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿 . 丕賲丕 讴丕賲賱丕 丕丿賲 乇丕 丕卮賮鬲賴 賲蹖 讴賳賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕卮 賳賲蹖 丿賵賳賲 趩乇丕 . 蹖毓賳蹖 賲賳 賲賵賯毓 禺賵賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 睾賲诏蹖賳 賵 賲囟胤乇亘 亘賵丿賲 . 賵 賱蹖 賵丕賯毓丕 賲丨蹖胤蹖 讴賴 賲蹖 爻丕禺鬲 賴賲 丿乇丿丕賵乇 亘賵丿 賴賲 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 . 丕氐賱丕 亘蹖 禺蹖丕賱 賳賲蹖 鬲賵賳賲 亘诏賵蹖賲 趩賴 丨爻蹖 丿丕卮鬲賲
馗丕賴乇丕 倬丿乇 禺蹖賱蹖 賲爻鬲亘丿 賵 乇毓亘 丕賳诏蹖夭蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 賴賲蹖賳 賲丨蹖胤 禺賮賯丕賳 賵 賵丨卮鬲 亘丕毓孬 卮丿賴 亘毓丿 賴賲 爻亘讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕卮 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 爻蹖丕賴 賵 鬲賳賴丕 賵 丿賱賴乇賴 丕賵乇 亘丕卮賳丿 .
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亘毓丿 丕夭 禺賵丕賳丿賳 賴賲賴 丌孬丕乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴丕賮讴丕 亘賴 賮丕乇爻蹖貙 噩夭 丌賲乇蹖讴丕貙 亘賴 丕蹖賳 賳鬲蹖噩賴 乇爻蹖丿賴 丕賲 讴賴 诏夭蹖賳鈥屫堌з嗃� 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 乇賵卮 賲賵丕噩賴賴 亘丕 丌孬丕乇 丕賵爻鬲. 賲诏乇 丕蹖賳 讴賴 讴爻蹖 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 禺丕氐蹖 亘禺賵丕賴丿 賴賲賴 丌孬丕乇卮 乇丕 亘禺賵丕賳丿. 賵诏乇賳賴 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 讴丕乇賴丕蹖卮 賴賲丕賳 賲毓乇賵賮 賴丕 賴爻鬲賳丿.
賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丕賳丿賵賴:
丿乇 卮賴乇 亘賴丿蹖 丿乇 诏卮鬲卮丕賳貙 丿蹖乇诏丕賴蹖 倬蹖卮 丕夭 丌賳讴賴 丕夭 乇丕賴 亘乇爻丿貙 倬蹖卮丕倬蹖卮 鬲丕亘 乇丕 丿乇 鬲賲丕卮丕禺丕賳賴 丌賵蹖禺鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿 賵 賴賲賴 丿乇賴丕蹖 賲賳鬲賴蹖 亘賴 氐丨賳賴 趩賴丕乇胤丕賯 诏卮賵丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賵 賴賲賴 乇丕賴乇賵賴丕 丌夭丕丿 賵 禺丕賱蹖. 亘丕 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 賱丨馗賴 卮丕丿蹖 賲丿蹖乇 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 倬丿蹖丿 賲蹖 丌賲丿 讴賴 亘賳丿亘丕夭 倬丕 亘乇 賳乇丿亘丕賳 胤賳丕亘蹖 賲蹖 诏匕丕卮鬲 賵 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲貙 丿乇 蹖讴 趩卮賲 亘乇 賴賲 夭丿賳 亘乇 賮乇丕夭 乇賵蹖 鬲丕亘卮 丌賵蹖夭丕賳 賲蹖 卮丿.
倬夭卮讴 丿賴讴丿賴:
賵蹖 丕鬲丕賯 亘蹖賲丕乇貙 賴賵丕 趩賴 爻禺鬲 丕爻鬲賳卮丕賯 讴乇丿賳蹖 丕爻鬲. 亘禺丕乇蹖賽 賵賱鈥屫簇� 丿賵丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 丿爻鬲 禺賵丕賴賲 丕賳丿丕禺鬲 賵 倬賳噩乇賴 乇丕 禺賵丕賴賲 诏卮賵丿貙 丕賲丕 賳禺爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囐� 亘蹖賲丕乇 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳賲. 倬爻乇亘趩賴貙 賱丕睾乇貙 亘丿賵賳 鬲亘貙 賳賴 爻乇丿貙 賳賴 诏乇賲貙 亘丕 趩卮賲鈥屬囏й� 亘蹖鈥屫з勜� 亘丿賵賳 倬蹖乇丕賴賳貙 亘賴 夭賵乇 禺賵丿卮 乇丕 丕夭 夭蹖乇 賱丨丕賮 倬乇 亘賱賳丿 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 亘丕夭賵賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 丿賵乇 诏乇丿賳賲 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀ж藏� 賵 亘賴 倬趩倬趩賴 丿乇 诏賵卮賲 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫�: 芦丿讴鬲乇! 亘诏匕丕乇 亘賲蹖乇賲.禄
亘毓丿 丕夭 禺賵丕賳丿賳 賴賲賴 丌孬丕乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴丕賮讴丕 亘賴 賮丕乇爻蹖貙 噩夭 丌賲乇蹖讴丕貙 亘賴 丕蹖賳 賳鬲蹖噩賴 乇爻蹖丿賴 丕賲 讴賴 诏夭蹖賳鈥屫堌з嗃� 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 乇賵卮 賲賵丕噩賴賴 亘丕 丌孬丕乇 丕賵爻鬲. 賲诏乇 丕蹖賳 讴賴 讴爻蹖 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 禺丕氐蹖 亘禺賵丕賴丿 賴賲賴 丌孬丕乇卮 乇丕 亘禺賵丕賳丿. 賵诏乇賳賴 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 讴丕乇賴丕蹖卮 賴賲丕賳 賲毓乇賵賮 賴丕 賴爻鬲賳丿.
賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丕賳丿賵賴:
丿乇 卮賴乇 亘賴丿蹖 丿乇 诏卮鬲卮丕賳貙 丿蹖乇诏丕賴蹖 倬蹖卮 丕夭 丌賳讴賴 丕夭 乇丕賴 亘乇爻丿貙 倬蹖卮丕倬蹖卮 鬲丕亘 乇丕 丿乇 鬲賲丕卮丕禺丕賳賴 丌賵蹖禺鬲賴 亘賵丿賳丿 賵 賴賲賴 丿乇賴丕蹖 賲賳鬲賴蹖 亘賴 氐丨賳賴 趩賴丕乇胤丕賯 诏卮賵丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賵 賴賲賴 乇丕賴乇賵賴丕 丌夭丕丿 賵 禺丕賱蹖. 亘丕 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 賱丨馗賴 卮丕丿蹖 賲丿蹖乇 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 倬丿蹖丿 賲蹖 丌賲丿 讴賴 亘賳丿亘丕夭 倬丕 亘乇 賳乇丿亘丕賳 胤賳丕亘蹖 賲蹖 诏匕丕卮鬲 賵 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲貙 丿乇 蹖讴 趩卮賲 亘乇 賴賲 夭丿賳 亘乇 賮乇丕夭 乇賵蹖 鬲丕亘卮 丌賵蹖夭丕賳 賲蹖 卮丿.
倬夭卮讴 丿賴讴丿賴:
賵蹖 丕鬲丕賯 亘蹖賲丕乇貙 賴賵丕 趩賴 爻禺鬲 丕爻鬲賳卮丕賯 讴乇丿賳蹖 丕爻鬲. 亘禺丕乇蹖賽 賵賱鈥屫簇� 丿賵丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 丿爻鬲 禺賵丕賴賲 丕賳丿丕禺鬲 賵 倬賳噩乇賴 乇丕 禺賵丕賴賲 诏卮賵丿貙 丕賲丕 賳禺爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囐� 亘蹖賲丕乇 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳賲. 倬爻乇亘趩賴貙 賱丕睾乇貙 亘丿賵賳 鬲亘貙 賳賴 爻乇丿貙 賳賴 诏乇賲貙 亘丕 趩卮賲鈥屬囏й� 亘蹖鈥屫з勜� 亘丿賵賳 倬蹖乇丕賴賳貙 亘賴 夭賵乇 禺賵丿卮 乇丕 丕夭 夭蹖乇 賱丨丕賮 倬乇 亘賱賳丿 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 亘丕夭賵賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 丿賵乇 诏乇丿賳賲 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀ж藏� 賵 亘賴 倬趩倬趩賴 丿乇 诏賵卮賲 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫�: 芦丿讴鬲乇! 亘诏匕丕乇 亘賲蹖乇賲.禄
January 16, 2009
I can't believe I haven't rated this one yet. This is where you go to find Kafka, even more so than his unfinished novels. Though the Trial is magnificent, the short stories are where his genius is most evident. Depths and depths to plumb here. Leagues beyond most other writers.
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