The Trial (Illustrated Classics): A Graphic Novel
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 7/5/2010
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 7/5/2010 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I've read and enjoyed a variety of manga and graphic novels, and am always glad to find a new one. This graphic-novel adaptation of Kafka's bleak tale was on the bargain shelves at Barnes & Noble, so I couldn't pass it up. [Since I've recently read/watched/listened to several versions of another classic about a man unjustly imprisoned - The Count of Monte Cristo - this one might serve as a compare-and-contrast...]
Well, that was interesting! I haven't read the original novel so I don't know how well it compares, but the graphic novel definitely conveyed Kafka's nightmare/acid-trip world-view. In fact the whole story felt exactly like a dream to me, from the repeated themes to the inexplicable behavior to the "late for the meeting/can't find the room" aspects (I usually get those in school-themed dreams but it feels just the same).
The artwork is half-realistic and half-abstract, with a dancing skeleton figure darting through the frames to point things out or (perhaps) just to laugh at Joseph K. Some of the sexual encounters are shown quite explicitly - Kafka seems to have been fond of the idea of lots of obliging, promiscuous women. The architectural details are impressive, from the civic buildings to the closeups inside someone's slovenly flat.
Not a cheerful read at all, and I can't say I enjoyed it, but it definitely feels Kafka-esque {wry grin}.
The novel has been adapted to film many times worldwide.To name two: there's the 1962 version by Orson Welles and starring Tony Perkins, and a 1993 version starring Kyle MacLachlan (and not nearly as well reviewed as the earlier film).
The artwork is half-realistic and half-abstract, with a dancing skeleton figure darting through the frames to point things out or (perhaps) just to laugh at Joseph K. Some of the sexual encounters are shown quite explicitly - Kafka seems to have been fond of the idea of lots of obliging, promiscuous women. The architectural details are impressive, from the civic buildings to the closeups inside someone's slovenly flat.
Not a cheerful read at all, and I can't say I enjoyed it, but it definitely feels Kafka-esque {wry grin}.
The novel has been adapted to film many times worldwide.To name two: there's the 1962 version by Orson Welles and starring Tony Perkins, and a 1993 version starring Kyle MacLachlan (and not nearly as well reviewed as the earlier film).
Journal Entry 3 by GoryDetails at Shell Station At Exit 4 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Monday, September 6, 2010
GoryDetails at Shell Station At Exit 4 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Monday, September 6, 2010
Released 13 yrs ago (9/6/2010 UTC) at Shell Station At Exit 4 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book inside the ATM booth at the exit 4 Shell Station at about 6; hope the finder enjoys it! [No particular theme here, other than the fact that ATM booths have all those signs about camera surveillance, something that I thought might either appeal to Kafka or terrify him {wry grin}.]
*** Released as part of msrubble's 2010 Movie Books release challenge ***
*** Released as part of NMReader's 2010 Banned-and-Challenged release challenge ***
*** Released as part of msrubble's 2010 Movie Books release challenge ***
*** Released as part of NMReader's 2010 Banned-and-Challenged release challenge ***
