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Good article. I've only read The Metamorphosis but I think this makes sense. Looking back on it, the 'three lodgers' in that book present a funny, absurd scenar
by newman8r 8y ago
Good article. I've only read The Metamorphosis but I think this makes sense. Looking back on it, the 'three lodgers' in that book present a funny, absurd scenario.
I prefer reading relatively short and simple classics like The Metamorphosis - if anyone has some recommendations I'd be interested.
- hprotagonist 8y agopenal colony, a hunger artist.
- newman8r 8y agoThose sound good here's a link I found to 'In the Penal Colony' for anyone interested http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~raha/793CA_web/PenalColony.pdf http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~raha/793CA_web/PenalColony.pdf
- galaxyLogic 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(novel)
- mturmon 8y agoMy very favorite extremely short piece of Kafka's writing - just one magical sentence: http://franzkafkastories.com/shortStories.php?story_id=kafka_the_wish_to_be_a_red_indian http://franzkafkastories.com/shortStories.php?story_id=kafka... The other short anecdotal pieces linked in that page are also wonderful. Here's one: http://franzkafkastories.com/shortStories.php?story_id=kafka_the_street_window http://franzkafkastories.com/shortStories.php?story_id=kafka... And another, which (to me) is one of many counter-examples to the "Laughing With Kafka" notion: http://franzkafkastories.com/shortStories.php?story_id=kafka_resolutions http://franzkafkastories.com/shortStories.php?story_id=kafka... That is, the final piece above is truly despairing in a way that DFW, perhaps, could identify with.
- david927 8y agoWow! I've never seen these works and they're brilliant. You've made my day! And, yes, the final piece is perfectly what DFW was talking about.