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The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka

There’s been a backlash by literariacs everywhere, who turn up their noses at people who praise The Metamorphosis. Claiming to never have read The Metamorphosis is something they wear like a trophy. In fact, if you don’t roll your eyes if The Metamorphosis is mentioned around these people, they’ll take their lattés and go elsewhere…

Post by David J. Peterson Posted on March 18, 2009 – 12:00 am | Posted in A, Reviews | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

The Castle
Franz Kafka

The action of The Castle, Kafka’s longest work, is superb, but the major shortcoming of this novel is what makes it long: the endless, detailed conversations between characters…

Post by David J. Peterson Posted on July 9, 2008 – 12:00 am | Posted in A, Reviews | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Amerika
Franz Kafka

This book is Kafka at his lightest, as far as his novels go, and as a result, the dark and twisted aspects of his writing present in Amerika are often humorous, which gives this book quite a different feel from the rest of his work…

Post by David J. Peterson Posted on June 27, 2006 – 12:00 am | Posted in A, Reviews | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)