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"Childrens book" ... was the goal. I don't think many children are into Franz Kafka. Kafka is more for cynical grownups. (And teenagers about to become it). It
by hutzlibu 5y ago
"Childrens book" ... was the goal.
I don't think many children are into Franz Kafka. Kafka is more for cynical grownups. (And teenagers about to become it). It was very Kafkaesque, having to read Kafka in school ..
- opaque 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Fable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Fable is probably a close as Kafka got to a children's book. "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 am running into." "You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up.