Most readers know Franz Kafka as the reclusive author of stories and novels that have since become monumental works of modern literature. Some readers also know him as a bureaucrat who, unhappy in his office, castigated the ‘hell of office life’. But few know that he rose at the end of...
By Franz Kafka Czech modernist author Franz Kafka is the source of a literary term known as “Kafkaesque,” which defines something—usually bureaucracy—that is needlessly, mind-numbingly slow and complicated, almost always at the expense of a book or a short story’s main characters. The Cas...
A touchstone in the realm of children’s literature, Burnett’s classic has been adapted time and time again for both the stage and the big screen. Though many other children’s stories have directly borrowed from Burnett’s classic, her work still easily surpasses them all. It revolves aroun...
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“Her stories are not snapshots. They are what happens to snapshots.” If my name was Japan H.P. Kafka I think I could say something deep like that to. Leviathan III by Forrest Aguirre and Jeff Vandermeer (2002) This is my favorite anthology, and bless it’s heart because I can get...
“horror” genre, they do so with macabre zest. TheKing in Yellowrefers to a forbidden play that’s interwoven within the short stories from which madness and corruption befall upon its readers. Two of the stories take place in 1920s America, two in Paris, but all four focus on self-...
The Japanese horror movie “Tetsuo” introduces us to a regular salaryman, who is puzzled to discover a metal spike in his cheek. In a nightmare tale withDavid CronenbergandFranz Kafkavibes, his body parts keep transforming from flesh into metal, until he reaches his final form as an Iron ...
(Der Bau),a piece based on a Franz Kafka novel and performed nude, the selection demonstrated the dancers' capability to take on a multitude of subjects in an enlightening, ambitious manner. Workshops by Baker Artist Award finalist Naoko Maeshiba that month were also highlights.45 W. Preston ...
Kafka was a studious child and performed well at school. He earned a law degree and later worked in insurance, which he considered a necessary evil, to pay the bills. After work, Kafka would spend hours amusing himself by writing stories, but he was not widely published until after his de...
37. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka “One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.” Why we love it: Read this story for symbolism, as the main character turns into an insect overnight. It’s an excellent story...