Franz Kafka

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Kafka's final novel was written during 1922, when the tuberculosis that was to kill him was already at an advanced stage. Fragmentary and unfinished, it perhaps never could have been finished; perhaps the tensions between K., the Castle and the village, K.'s struggle for acceptance or recognition by the mysterious Castle authorities or by the people of the village, never will and never can be resolved.Like much of Kafka's work, The Castle is enigmatic...

In the days when hunger could be cultivated and practiced as an art form, the individuals who practiced it were often put on show for all to see. One man who was so devout in his pursuit of hunger pushed against the boundaries set by the circus that housed him and strived to go longer than forty days without food. As interest in his art began to fade, he pushed the boundaries even further. In this short story about one man's plight to prove his worth,...

A splendid new translation of an extraordinary work of modern literature-featuring facing-page commentary by Kafka's acclaimed biographer In 1917 and 1918, Franz Kafka wrote a set of more than 100 aphorisms, known as the Zürau aphorisms, after the Bohemian village in which he composed them. Among the most mysterious of Kafka's writings, they explore philosophical questions about truth, good and evil, and the spiritual and sensory world. This is...

Franz Kafka es considerado uno de los grandes escritores del siglo XX. Asociado al expresionismo y existencialismo, sus creaciones literarias lograron abarcar temas tan complejos como la condición del hombre contemporáneo, la angustia, la culpa, la burocracia, la frustración o la soledad, entre otros. En este volumen de Kafka Esencial , el lector dispone de dos importantes obras para comprender mejor el talento y la vida de este extraordinario...

Wedding Preparations in the Country is a fragmented narrative by Franz Kafka, written between 1907 and 1909 and published posthumously. The story itself, namely the journey of the unhappy bridegroom Raban to his bride out in the country, is embedded in a meticulous description of his surroundings. This narrative was intended to be part of a novel. However, Kafka abandoned the project after multiple attempts.

The Burrow is an incomplete narrative by Franz Kafka, written 1923-1924, and published posthumously in the magazine Witiko in 1931 by Max Brod. It tells of an animal's futile struggle to perfect the defense of his giant burrow against enemies. The narrative deals with becoming entangled in obsessive observation of a self-created labyrinth-like construct that causes heightened paranoia.

The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. In the Penal Colony describes the last use of an elaborate torture and execution device that carves the sentence of the condemned prisoner on his skin before letting him die, all in the course of twelve hours. As the plot unfolds,...

Contemplation is a collection of 18 pieces of short prose by Franz Kafka, and was published late in the year of 1912. This was Kafka's first published book, and was picked up by publishing house Rowohlt, which at the time was quite young. The small collection bears the dedication For M.B., for Kafka's friend Max Brod. Contents: * Children on the Country Road * Unmasking of a Trickster * The Sudden Walk * Resolutions * The Excursion to the Mountains...

Franz Kafka es considerado uno de los grandes escritores del siglo XX. Asociado al expresionismo y existencialismo, sus creaciones literarias lograron abarcar temas tan complejos como la condición del hombre contemporáneo, la angustia, la culpa, la burocracia, la frustración o la soledad, entre otros. Escrito em 1915, La metamorfosis es uno de sus relatos más leídos y un clásico de la literatura y. Narra la historia de Gregorio Samsa, un hombre...