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Re:The Impossibility of Translating Franz Kafka (1999) by leephillips on Monday June 03, 2024 @05:53PM (#40568022)
“...historical context...philosophical themes...existential themes... broader historical and social issues...”

This dreary approach is likely to miss the point of Kafka’s art. I recommend Nabokov’s lecture on the Metamorphosis in his Lectures on Literature.

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