An edition of Introducing Kafka (1994)

Introducing Kafka

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An edition of Introducing Kafka (1994)

Introducing Kafka

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"Kafka wrote in the tradition of the great Yiddish storytellers, whose stock-in-trade was bizarre fantasy, tainted with hilarity and self-abasement. What he brought to this tradition was, however, an almost unbearably expanded consciousness. Alienated from his roots, his family, his surroundings, and primarily from his own body, Kafka created a unique literary language in which to hide away, transforming himself into a cockroach, an ape, a dog, a mole or a circus artiste who starves himself to death before admiring crowds."--Provided by publisher.

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Cover of: Kafka kurz und knapp
Kafka kurz und knapp
1999-10, Zweitausendeins
Hardcover in German - 5. Auflage
Cover of: Introducing Kafka
Introducing Kafka
1994, Kitchen Sink Press
in English
Cover of: Introducing Kafka
Introducing Kafka
1994, Totem Books, Icon Books, Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by National Book Network
in English

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Edition Notes

"The introducing series from Totem"--P. [2] of cover

Published in
Cambridge [England], Lanham, MD

Classifications

Library of Congress
PT2621.A26 Z76968 1993

The Physical Object

Pagination
175 p. :
Number of pages
175

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL14955540M
Internet Archive
kafkaforbeginner0000mair
ISBN 10
1874166099
LCCN
94015085
OCLC/WorldCat
30034441
LibraryThing
172538
Goodreads
1584438

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2445324W

Work Description

Introducing Kafka, also known as R. Crumb's Kafka, is an illustrated biography of Franz Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz and Robert Crumb. The book includes comic adaptations of some of Kafka's most famous works including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, and The Judgment, as well as brief sketches of his three novels The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. The book also details Kafka's biography in a format that is part illustrated essay, part sequential comic panels.

The book focuses on the biographical details of Kafka's life, interspersed with illustrated vignettes from his writing. The author relates Kafka's personality and various incidents in his life to the composition of his stories. For example, Kafka's complicated relationship with his family is linked to stories where the main character is an animal – notably The Metamorphosis, whose protagonist, Gregor Samsa, awakens to find himself transformed into a giant bug, and becomes a burden on his family.

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