Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time

Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by ceilingcorner on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @05:49AM (#23611791)

For anyone that doesn’t quite ‘get’ Kafka: I recommend his short stories and aphorisms over his novels. Metamorphosis and The Castle never quite did much for me, whereas The Great Wall of China or In the Penal Colony are some of my favorites.

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Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by telesilla on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @07:27AM (#23612506)

In the Penal Colony is brilliant. I read it when young and many years later cannot forget it.

http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~raha/793CA_web/PenalColony.pdf

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Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by plants on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @08:53AM (#23613183)

Those are two of my favorites also, especially "In the Penal Colony." For anyone looking for more, I would add "The Burrow" as great introduction to the weirdness of Kafka as well.

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Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by scarecrowbob on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @11:34AM (#23615294)

I'll toss "A Hunger Artist" on there, too.

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Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by liveoneggs on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @07:22PM (#23621684)

this is the one I think about the most

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Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by jwigg on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @04:15PM (#23619647)

I've read Metamorphosis many times over the years, and I've come to the conclusion that it's a very subtle dark comedy. But of all the punchlines, including the ending, are (for lack of a better term) situational. I can't explain further without spoilers, so HN might not be the right format for it.

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Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by tutuca on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @09:42AM (#23613789)

Before the Law is my top favorite short story of all time.

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Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by greyswan on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @12:44PM (#23616444)

I absolutely did not enjoy reading Kafka, but I get the importance of the work, and I think about it constantly.

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Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by scrozier on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @01:19PM (#23617064)

After 40 years, I can't forget the image of the felt gag in The Penal Colony.

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