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Journal Entry 1 by seldombites from Cambridge Park, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, July 10, 2008
From Front Flap
From the internationally acclaimed author of The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony and Ka, an utterly original, fascinating interpretation of the work of Franz Kafka that is simultaneously an unprecedented exploration into the mystery of Kafka himself.
What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that happen every day? But where and when? Countless answers have been offered, but the question still arouses feelings of acute uncertainty. Many solutions have been proposed, but the essential mystery remains intact. In this remarkable book, Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be illuminated by its own light. To that end, with his unique vision, imagination, and intellectual acumen, Calasso attempts to enter the flow, the tortuous movement, the physiology of the stories to discover what they are meant to signify and to delve into the most basic question along the way: who is K.?
The culmination of the author's lifelong fascination with Kafka, K. is a book of significant literary importance, the fourth part in a work in progress of which the previous volumes are The Ruin of Kasch, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, and Ka. |
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This is a hardcover edition published in 2005. This edition has 305 pages.
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Journal Entry 2 by seldombites at Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Thursday, July 10, 2008
Released 3 yrs ago (7/10/2008 UTC) at Melbourne, Victoria Australia CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
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Off to my birthday buddy!
Ultimate Challenge 2008 - No Theme
G'day
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Journal Entry 3 by livrecache from Hobart, Tasmania Australia on Friday, September 12, 2008
I'm interested in Kafka's writing. This book looks very interesting. I'll read when I'm up to reading so worthy . . . Thanks very much
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