K.
Author: Calasso, Roberto
ISBN: 9780241399439
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 195mm x 128mm x 18mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A singular journey through the visionary world of Kafka and its captivating mysteries, now in Penguin Modern Classics
What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that happen every day? But where and when?
In this remarkable book, Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be illuminated by its own light. With his unique vision, imagination, and intellectual acumen, Calasso attempts to enter the flow, the tortuous movement, the physiology of the stories to discover what they are meant to signify and to delve into the most basic question- Who is K.?
ISBN: 9780241399439
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 195mm x 128mm x 18mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A singular journey through the visionary world of Kafka and its captivating mysteries, now in Penguin Modern Classics
What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that happen every day? But where and when?
In this remarkable book, Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be illuminated by its own light. With his unique vision, imagination, and intellectual acumen, Calasso attempts to enter the flow, the tortuous movement, the physiology of the stories to discover what they are meant to signify and to delve into the most basic question- Who is K.?
