have you ever read a line of Kafka?

[Zebra]

kafka is special

 

[ShahdagMountains]

kafka is special

You might find this interesting reading:

Franz Kafka on His Deathbed

The Librarians | The National Library of Israel

blog.nli.org.il

 

[Zebra]

So what, really? Was he cheating his wife or was it child pornography? No? Then who cares what he did as an adult.

kafka never married

 

[Zebra]

Franz!

 

[Zebra]

6 X yes now

 

[Zebra]

Here’s a touching Kafka story:

.

a great story!

 

[Failzero]

I’ve seen two Kafka movies in my Lifetime ( and 3 others where he was involved or made a Cameo ) does that count ?

 

[Polishprince]

When I was in school, "The Trial" was one of the books on the syllabus.

 

[Failzero]

When I was in school, "The Trial" was one of the books on the syllabus.

In the 9th grade I was offered Kafka & War & Peace I chose War & Peace

 

[Robert W]

Read The Metamorphosis as a college freshman.

Do you recommend it . It can be purchased on Amazon for $5 dollars.

 

[Lisa558]

Do you recommend it . It can be purchased on Amazon for $5 dollars.

Yes, I would recommend it. Afterwards, you might to read some analyses.

 

[Robert W]

Kafkaesque Quotes from Franz Kafka​

“The meaning of life is that it stops.”

“Art like prayer is a hand outstretched in the darkness, seeking for some touch of grace which will transform it into a hand that bestows gifts. Prayer means casting oneself into the miraculous rainbow that stretches between becoming and dying, to be utterly consumed in it, in order to bring its infinite radiance to bed in the frail little cradle of one’s own existence.”

Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.
A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
Theoretically there is a perfect possibility of happiness: believing in the indestructible element in oneself and not striving towards it.
You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.
A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.
What do I have in common with the Jews? I don't even have anything in common with myself.
Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
A book should be an ice-axe to break the frozen sea within us.
Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.
It's often safer to be in chains than to be free.
You are free and that is why you are lost.
I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.
Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.
Religions get lost as people do.


If Kafka didn’t say all these things, he said some of them and should have said the rest

Thanks for his words. Now I won't buy his book at Amazon for $5.00

 

[Robert W]

Yes, I would recommend it. Afterwards, you might to read some analyses.

Did his being an atheist disturb you?

 

[Lisa558]

Did his being an atheist disturb you?

No. It was irrelevant. I focus on the novelty, depth, and meaning of his writings.

 

[Robert W]

No. It was irrelevant. I focus on the novelty, depth, and meaning of his writings.

His writing that I read on this thread looks valuable.

 

[Lesh]

Read The Metamorphosis as a college freshman.

And failed to understand it

 

[Zebra]

You might find this interesting reading:

Franz Kafka on His Deathbed

The Librarians | The National Library of Israel

blog.nli.org.il

really a great link!

 

[MayorQuimby]

I remember reading Metamorphosis in high school.

I thought it was kinda cool. Being turned into a giant bug and shunned by his family. The kind of stuff angsty teens would like

God.

What kind of school forces their students to read a story about turning into a bug.

Most fictions are garbage with the rare exceptions for the ones with a moral or a message such as 1984 or Lord of the Flies. I haven't read this story but judging by this thread I don't want to.

 

[Unkotare]

God.

What kind of school forces their students to read a story about turning into a bug.

Most fictions are garbage with the rare exceptions for the ones with a moral or a message such as 1984 or Lord of the Flies. I haven't read this story but judging by this thread I don't want to.

It would scare you, sock.

 

[MayorQuimby]

It would scare you, sock.

Would scare me with its horrendousness, yes.