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001 2011417584
003 DLC
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008 110325s2010 be a b 000 0 eng d
010 $a 2011417584
020 $a9789033480690
020 $a9033480697
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn691854178
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042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aPT2621.A26$bZ746442 2010
100 1 $aHouwer, Greg,$d1980-
245 10 $aInto the white :$bKafka and his metamorphoses /$cGreg Houwer.
246 3 $aKafka and his metamorphoses
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aLeuven :$bAcco ,$c2010.
300 $a81 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [79]-81).
520 8 $a"Into the white" lays bare a hidden overall logic in Kafka's work. Kafka's fictitious characters, instead of restoring an initial balance - as it is the case in most fiction -, do everything they can to maintain the imbalance. The book shows that this should be linked to Kafka's own relationship to his calling as a writer. Although 'called', Kafka always felt that he could never really 'enter the gate of his vocation': he could only wait before the open but unapproachable entrance. Writing carried a promise for Kafka that was unfulfillable. Hence, by keeping open the imbalance of its fictitious characters, Kafka's prose tries to sustain the promise.
600 10 $aKafka, Franz,$d1883-1924$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aFiction$xTechnique.