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    Kafka's Short Stories!

    I studied "A Report to an Academy" this term in my short stories course, and I just loved it.
    I was wondering if any of you know more short stories written by Kafka..I'd love to read more of them!
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    Kafka's Short Story Collection

    Nossa,

    The book you see in this link is a complete collection Kafka stories. I own a copy of that book..It has even the fragmented, unclassifiable writings from him. Try to get it. Metamorphosis is available in this site and elsewhere on the web.

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    I love that book! What would you say your favourite Kafka short story is frivolity? I personally like The Burrow, The Metamorphosis, and In the Penal Colony.
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    "In the Penal Colony" was most graphically touching. Though I really enjoyed "The Judgement" and "The Metamorphosis" as well.

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    A DREAM ,
    BEFORE THE LAW,
    ELEVEN SONS,
    JACKALS AND ARABS,
    A FRACTRICIDE,
    A HUNGER ARTIST,
    IN THE PENAL COLONY,
    JOSEPHINE THE SINGER, OR THE MOUSE FOLK
    A REPORT TO AN ACADEMY,
    A LITTLE WOMAN,

    are all amazing short stories by Kafka... I highly recommend them all...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nossa View Post
    I studied "A Report to an Academy" this term in my short stories course, and I just loved it.
    I was wondering if any of you know more short stories written by Kafka..I'd love to read more of them!
    Kafka is one of my best writers indeed. I have read the Metamorphosis many a time, and each time I got a different meaning. I like all of his stories. Kafka is really an immortal artist. His ideas are capable of expressing human predicaments in this century more expressively and impressively than many other modern writers.

    The hunger artist is another story I like to read repeatedly

    “Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature””

    “If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tabula_Rasa View Post
    A DREAM ,
    BEFORE THE LAW,
    ELEVEN SONS,
    JACKALS AND ARABS,
    A FRACTRICIDE,
    A HUNGER ARTIST,
    IN THE PENAL COLONY,
    JOSEPHINE THE SINGER, OR THE MOUSE FOLK
    A REPORT TO AN ACADEMY,
    A LITTLE WOMAN,

    are all amazing short stories by Kafka... I highly recommend them all...
    I wan to read 'Dream' of Kafka. Can you help me access it?

    “Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature””

    “If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.

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    I really loved In the Penal Colony, and did enjoy The Great Wall of China, although it was a bit short.

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    "The Hunger Artist" may be his best. Don't forget the surrealistic, way-before-its-time, tightly-compact and short, "A Country Doctor."

    By the bye, for what it's worth, there is a parody of "Metamorphosis" by yours truly:
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...ad.php?t=28823

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    Does anyone happend to know if the book from the link frivolity posted is the same as this; http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/cla...=9780679423034 ?

    I haven't read any Kafka before and I want start out with this, so I would appreciate it if anyone knows the answer to my question.

    Thanks

    *edit*

    If no one has read it, you can visit the following link and click "Table of Contents' on the left hand side of the page to view all the stories included in this book. Note that there are 3 pages of contents so you need to click on yourself;

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0679...38#reader-link
    Last edited by Nico87; 10-25-2007 at 05:25 PM.

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    You guys are very lucky to have access to his short stories.I live in a relatively small town,and believe you me,getting your hands on The Metamorphosis or The Trial is hard enough,let alone anything else that isn't as famous.

    I'll be traveling to a much bigger city soon though,hope I find a complete collection there...
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    Quote Originally Posted by johann cruyff View Post
    You guys are very lucky to have access to his short stories.I live in a relatively small town,and believe you me,getting your hands on The Metamorphosis or The Trial is hard enough,let alone anything else that isn't as famous.

    I'll be traveling to a much bigger city soon though,hope I find a complete collection there...
    I have only ONE book of short stories by kafka..and it's really hard to get my hands on anything else by him. My last resort is reading online or downloading an ebook, which doesn't come handy since I like books more. I totally understand how you feel.
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    You people don't read poetry. Years ago I had been to the States, and I had asked for a Dickinson expert only to be frustrated, because they said they aren't gaga about poetry. Damn it!

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    The Hunger Artist is by far my favorite short story by Kafka. So amazing down to every tragic detail. In the Penal Colony, the Judgement and before the law alsogreat. The whole collection was truly amazing. one of the best writers to ever live most definitely.

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    Reading Kafka is really moving but the problem is at times he is very complex and his ideas are ambiguous.

    “Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature””

    “If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.

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