– En fin samling av noveller fra Kafka, mest kjent her Metamorfosen/Forvandlingen, som kanskje står som hans mest kjente verk. For min del var kjøpet av denne boken ene og alene grunnet nettopp den historien, som aldri slutter å fortrylle meg. Kafka er ikke som sitt rykte sier, en mørk og dyster kar, men en med mye humor. Det er selvsagt beksvart, men tidvis tar jeg meg selv i å le og smile over Gregors forvandling, ikke minst menneskets selvopptatthet. Uansett en fin samling, god oversettelse og kjekt å ha. Alle burde lese i alle fall Forvandlingen, og se at den forteller noe om alle oss mennesker.
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
A man awakens to find himself transformed into a giant vermin; a performer starves himself to death as a circus attraction; a fiendish engine of capital punishment engraves the letter of the law into the body of the condemned. Les mer
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A man awakens to find himself transformed into a giant vermin; a performer starves himself to death as a circus attraction; a fiendish engine of capital punishment engraves the letter of the law into the body of the condemned. Such are the nightmare scenarios that emerge in the short stories of Franz Kafka, one of the twentieth century's most formative, mystifying literary figures. Though immediate in their impact, Kafka's stories invite endless angles of interpretation, from Freudian psychology and existentialist philosophy to animal studies.
This volume presents "The Metamorphosis"-together with several other of Kafka's best and best-known stories-in a nuanced, clear, and powerful translation by Ian Johnston. The appendices provide philosophical, literary, and cultural context, as well as valuable selections from Kafka's own letters and drawings.
This volume presents "The Metamorphosis"-together with several other of Kafka's best and best-known stories-in a nuanced, clear, and powerful translation by Ian Johnston. The appendices provide philosophical, literary, and cultural context, as well as valuable selections from Kafka's own letters and drawings.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 170
- ISBN
- 9781554812240
- Utgivelsesår
- 2015
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
- Serie
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Broadview Anthology of British Literature Editions
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