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A story of an animal burrowing underground to build its own house for protection, survival, and comfort while still focused on enemies that may attack while scooping up smaller critters for his own benefit and survival in an interesting parallel with the remarkable insights of Kafka.

La metamorfosis narra la historia de Gregorio Samsa, un hombre que experimenta una transformación física y emocional inesperada. ¿Cómo te sentirías si tu propia familia te rechazara y te considerara una carga? Esta novela plantea preguntas profundas sobre la identidad, la alienación y la soledad. Con su enigmático e inquietante estilo, Kafka nos ofrece una reflexión inolvidable sobre la condición humana enfrentada al peso de la realidad.

The Trial tells the story of a man arrested for an unknown crime by a remote, inaccessible authority and his struggle for control over the increasing absurdity of his life. One of Franz Kafka's best-known works, The Trial has been variously interpreted as an examination of political power, a satirical depiction of bureaucracy, and a pessimistic religious parable. Left unfinished at the time of Kafka's 1924 death, The Trial is nevertheless a trenchant depiction of the seemingly incomprehensible nature of existence....

Rare insights into Kafka stories, thoughts, philosophy, aging, friendship, love, sex & marriage with his rare insights and thoughts.

Primo e meno noto romanzo di Kafka, "America" narra le tragicomiche vicende di un ragazzo praghese che, per una disavventura con una cameriera, viene spedito dalla famiglia oltreoceano. In questa terra sconfinata, il candido e disorientato Karl cercherà la sua strada incappando in sventure e tradimenti, benefattori o presunti tali, e situazioni oltremodo bizzarre. Kafka lasciò incompiuta questa sua opera dagli echi dickensiani.

The Metamorphosis is one of the most commonly referenced books when you talk about absurd literature. It is heralded as a masterpiece of the existential literature genre because of how it demands the reader to accept the absurdity of the world just as it is. Although some of the events of the story are fantastical in nature, the ideas it conveys about existence, the meaning of life, and humanity are relatable to us in the real world, too.

In Franz Kafkas unvollendet gebliebenen Roman "Das Schloß" kommt der Landvermesser K. in ein Dorf, das in unmittelbarer Nähe zu einem Schloss liegt. Es gelingt K. nicht, in das Schloss zu gelangen, dessen bedrohliche Präsenz das Leben im Dorf bestimmt und die Bewohner in Angst und Anhängigkeit hält. Wer im Schloss residiert und worauf die Macht der vermeintlichen Schlossbewohner beruht, bleibt rätselhaft.

10 Kafka stories: A Fratricide, The Next Village, The Bucket Rider, Prometheus, Poseidon, The Problem of the Laws, A Little Fable, Give it Up!, On Parables & An Imperial Message.

Para los lectores, hay pocas experiencias tan asombrosas e inolvidables como la primera lectura de Kafka. No importa lo que uno haya leído antes: cruzarse con una de sus novelas o cuentos, con un fragmento de sus diarios, es aprender a leer de un modo nuevo. La prosa precisa y de resonancias alegóricas; la capacidad para urdir tramas perfectas donde la lógica de la pesadilla convive con el grotesco; el modo de narrar la inapelable arbitrariedad del poder; el don único de volver verosímil lo que en principio parece imposible de alcanzar ese estatuto.

Josef K. is an ordinary man who is arrested on his 30th birthday. He is prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, yet the nature of his crime is never revealed to him. One year after his arrest he is executed. His last words describe his own death: "Like a dog!"

The Metamorphosis is a novella written by Franz Kafka that was first published in 1915.

Franz Kafkas literarisches Universum ist ein faszinierender Kosmos beängstigender, alptraumhafter Gesetzmäßigkeiten - und gerade darin ein Spiegel der Moderne. In kühl-distanzierten Worten erzählt der Autor vom Unerhörten und Unergründlichen. Gert Westphal gibt in seinen eindringlichen Lesungen dem Landarzt, dem Kübelreiter, Josef K. aus "Der Prozess" und allen weiteren Figuren eine Stimme. Enthält: "Der Prozess" (Roman, ungekürzt nach der Textgestalt der Handschrift), die Erzählungen "Wunsch, Indianer zu werden", "Die Bäume", "Ein Landarzt", "Auf der Galerie".

Il Processo è uno dei più celebri romanzi di Franz Kafka. Lasciato incompiuto dallo scrittore e pubblicato postumo nel 1925, racconta la vicenda, surreale e angosciante, del procuratore di banca Josef K., che una mattina, senza conoscerne le ragioni, viene arrestato. Certo che si tratti di un errore, il giovane procuratore tenta di scoprire quale sia il capo d'imputazione sul quale si basa il processo che gli è intentato.

As travelling salesman Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard - as if it were armor-plated - back, and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments, on top of which the bed quilt could hardly stay in place and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes.

Aus Anlass des 125. Geburtstages im Juli 2008 sind die wichtigsten Erzählungen Franz Kafkas in diesem Download zusammengefasst.

In this volume our authors explore the terrors of the mind rather than the horrors of reality, although with their pens the difference makes little difference. We twist this way and that as their talents shape our path towards endings of the nerve-shredding kind.

Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find he has been transformed into a gigantic insect. This extraordinary tale of imagination was written by Kafka against the backdrop of increasing turmoil in central Europe and remains not just an affecting tale but a disturbing allegory.

Ein Bericht für eine Akademie ist eine Erzählung von Franz Kafka. Nach der Erstveröffentlichung im Jahr 1917 in der Zeitschrift "Der Jude“ erschien sie 1920 im Rahmen des Bandes Ein Landarzt. Der Affe namens Rotpeter wird von den Mitgliedern einer unbestimmten Akademie eingeladen, einen Bericht über sein "äffisches Vorleben“ einzureichen.

Franz Kafka’s haunting novella, The Metamorphosis, tells the disturbing tale of Gregor Samsa, a young man who awakens one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. As Gregor grapples with his shocking new reality, his once-loving family begins to recoil, viewing him as an outcast and burden. Through Kafka’s unsettling lens, this story explores themes of isolation, identity, and the fragility of human connections, as Gregor’s physical change mirrors his growing alienation from society.

La simpleza aparente del relato es tal que si uno va levantando capas de materiales narrativos en busca del motor primordial, cuando levanta el último velo no hay nada detrás. Nada. En eso, curiosamente, La metamorfosis nos recuerda a la vida.