How to read Kafka: part I

Re:How to read Kafka: part I by newman8r on Saturday October 06, 2018 @03:36PM (#18156835)

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.

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Re:How to read Kafka: part I by mturmon on Saturday October 06, 2018 @09:56PM (#18158462)

My very favorite extremely short piece of Kafka's writing - just one magical sentence: 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...

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...

That is, the final piece above is truly despairing in a way that DFW, perhaps, could identify with.

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Re:How to read Kafka: part I by david927 on Sunday October 07, 2018 @03:56AM (#18159378)

Wow! 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.

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Re:How to read Kafka: part I by galaxyLogic on Saturday October 06, 2018 @09:00PM (#18158288)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(novel)

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Re:How to read Kafka: part I by hprotagonist on Saturday October 06, 2018 @03:42PM (#18156871)

penal colony, a hunger artist.

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Re:How to read Kafka: part I by newman8r on Saturday October 06, 2018 @03:51PM (#18156912)

Those 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

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