Kafka: A Guide for the Perplexed

Kafka: A Guide for the Perplexed
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781441171573
ISBN-13 : 1441171576
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Book Synopsis Kafka: A Guide for the Perplexed by : Clayton Koelb

Download or read book Kafka: A Guide for the Perplexed written by Clayton Koelb and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franz Kafka is one of the most widely taught, and read, writers in world literature. Readers encountering texts like 'The Metamorphosis' and The Trial for the first time are frequently perplexed by his often intentionally weird writing. Some might say that Kafka's enduring achievement has been to make his readers love being perplexed. As much of Kafka's writing is designed to perplex the reader, this guide helps the reader understand why and how perplexity has been deliberately created by Kafka's text and to realize what the uses of such perplexity might be. The book guides readers through their first encounters with Kafka and introduces the problems involved in reading his texts, the nature of his texts from the key novels and novellas to letters and professional writings, his life as a writer and different approaches to reading Kafka.


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