Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

[cap_scaleman]

I might've told about this movie adaption of Kafka's Metamorphosis before (have I?) but I would like to know what you think of Kafka in general. DON'T BE SHY.

Comments

[ex_newironsh15]

I have never read him. Perhaps because I went to public school in america ! haha

[cap_scaleman]

You can find two works in english and three works in germanhere. Those in English are The Metamorphosis and The Trial.

[ex_newironsh15]

Do you like the english or swedish versions better

[cap_scaleman]

I haven't compared, but the Swedish version is easier for me to read.

[robotar]

I love Kafka!

[cap_scaleman]

What do you like the most then?

[reggie_c_king]

I ascribe to Mr Kafka what my former English teacher said to describe my work "It has the impression of saying something fundamental, when it is saying nothing at all." I think the way he writes (or how he is translated into English) and the things he writes about are weaved tightly weaved together, but the end result is blank flaxen canvas. Onto this you can paint whatever you want.

[cap_scaleman]

Interesting.
It is also interesting that in Brazil there are many authors inspired by Kafka's Pre-Magic realism writing.
Personally I think that too many people are comparing his works with his life.

[reggie_c_king]

It's interesting the difference between his life and his perception of his own life. He had dreadfully low self-esteem and wanted all his manuscripts burned upon his deat, yet his funeral attracted some 500 people. And he wasn't even a successful writer in his lifetime, he was just, seemingly, well liked.

His influence is fairly wide-reaching too. It can bee see in many South American writers, as you say, as well as some of the lovely novels of Jose Saramago (The Double, Seeing, Blindness) and even in the work of Momus.

[cap_scaleman]

And don't forget that Max Brod edited Kafka's writings before publishing them. "The Process" have had the chapters all wrong all along apparently!

Yes, many who effectively are able to absorb Kafka's writings are those who look past the tendency of seeing him as just a depressed poor man. Just check this speech by David Foster Wallace.

[silenceinspades]

i think everyone likes kafka. except for kafka.
what i like most about him is the slapstick comedy. throwing apples at a giant insect=instant hilarity.

[cap_scaleman]

And that insect is the applethrowers son too!