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The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man: Essential Stories - Pushkin Collection (Paperback)
Franz Kafka (author), Alexander Starritt (translator)Published: 25/10/2018
New translation of the best stories by one of the twentieth century's greatest and most influential writers
'A genius' Guardian
No one has captures the modern experience, its wild dreams, strange joys, its neuroses and boredom, better than Franz Kafka. His vision, with its absurdity and twisted humour, has lost none of its force or relevance today. This essential collection, newly selected and translated by Alexander Starritt, casts fresh light on Kafka's genius.
Alongside brutal depictions of violence and justice are jokes and deceptively slight, mysterious fables. These unforgettable pieces reflect the brilliance at the core of Franz Kafka, arguably most fully expressed within his short stories. Together they showcase a writer of unmatched imaginative depth, capable of expressing the most profound reality with a wry smile.
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 9781782274391
Number of pages: 192
Dimensions: 165 x 120 mm
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The greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plastic saints in comparison with him - Vladimir Nabokov
A genius - Guardian
[Kafka] spoke for millions in their new unease; a century after his birth, he seems the last holy writer, and the supreme fabulist of modern man's cosmic predicament - John Updike
The distinction Kafka, or his heroes, draw between "this" world and "the" world does not imply that there are two different worlds, only that our habitual conceptions of reality are not the true conception - W.H. Auden
The stories are dreamlike, allegorical, symbolic, parabolic, grotesque, ritualistic, nasty, lucent, extremely personal, ghoulishly detached, exquisitely comic, numinous, and prophetic - New York Times
An information bureau of the human condition - Adorno
A great writer - Philip Roth
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