Kafka

The Torment of Man

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Eastern European, Biography & Memoir, Literary, Historical
Cover of the book Kafka by René Marill-Albérès, Pierre de Boisdeffre, Philosophical Library/Open Road
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Author: René Marill-Albérès, Pierre de Boisdeffre ISBN: 9781497675957
Publisher: Philosophical Library/Open Road Publication: November 4, 2014
Imprint: Philosophical Library/Open Road Language: English
Author: René Marill-Albérès, Pierre de Boisdeffre
ISBN: 9781497675957
Publisher: Philosophical Library/Open Road
Publication: November 4, 2014
Imprint: Philosophical Library/Open Road
Language: English

This is a study of Kafka’s tragic vision of life, his profoundly disturbing awareness of man’s utter loneliness in a pitiless universe, and his artistry in effecting a strange intimate fusion between symbolism and realism—between anguished poetic narration and the terrifying reality of an absurd and ambiguous environment. The book discusses the historical setting, the literary currents, and the personal details affecting the development of Kafka’s genius: his isolation in a labyrinthine universe; his sufferings, sickness and death; his influence and survival through his art. The central idea of the book is summed up in a quotation from Jean-Paul Sartre: “I have nothing to say about Kafka except that he is one of the rarest and greatest writers of our time.” The authors are specialists in contemporary literature.
 
Translated from the French by Wade Baskin.

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This is a study of Kafka’s tragic vision of life, his profoundly disturbing awareness of man’s utter loneliness in a pitiless universe, and his artistry in effecting a strange intimate fusion between symbolism and realism—between anguished poetic narration and the terrifying reality of an absurd and ambiguous environment. The book discusses the historical setting, the literary currents, and the personal details affecting the development of Kafka’s genius: his isolation in a labyrinthine universe; his sufferings, sickness and death; his influence and survival through his art. The central idea of the book is summed up in a quotation from Jean-Paul Sartre: “I have nothing to say about Kafka except that he is one of the rarest and greatest writers of our time.” The authors are specialists in contemporary literature.
 
Translated from the French by Wade Baskin.

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