Summary
Franz Kafka: The Starving Artist
The book contains chronologically arranged stories published during Kafka's lifetime except for the last four that he approved for printing, but, unfortunately, did not live to see their publication. In addition to the standard high-quality translation by Zlatko Crnković, we also highlight the excellent illustrations by Igor Hofbauer and the foreword by Jorge Luis Borges, from which we highlight:
I will never forget how I first read Kafka in some pretentious "modern" edition around 1917... In the middle of all those ostentatious publications, a short text signed by Franz Kafka struck me as unusual at the time, despite all my then youthful pliability as a reader. dry steam. Now, in the old days, I finally dare to admit that I was literary inexcusably callous; I was offered a discovery, and I passed it by...
In Kafka's works, plot and atmosphere are important features, not narrative spiral or psychological portrait of the hero. This is why his stories are better than novels; therefore, we can state with peace of mind that this book of stories offers all the dimensions of that unique work."
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