Bibliograph

The lost writings, Franz Kafka ; selected and with an afterword by Reiner Stach ; translated by Michael Hofmann

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The lost writings, Franz Kafka ; selected and with an afterword by Reiner Stach ; translated by Michael Hofmann

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The lost writings

Oclc number

1141503507

Responsibility statement

Franz Kafka ; selected and with an afterword by Reiner Stach ; translated by Michael Hofmann

Summary

"Unearthed by the master Kafka biographer and scholar Reiner Stach and translated by the peerless Michael Hofmann, this collection comes as a prize and a joy. Some stories are several pages long; some run about a page; a handful are only a few lines long. Lost to English-language readers until now, all are marvels: even the most fragmentary texts are revelations. "Wonderful," Hofmann remarked, as he was translating. "It's full of the love of narration, surprises, and the sweetness and purity of invention. It's amazing how inexhaustible Kafka is. We think we 'know' him and have him down. He pops up somewhere else, as something different. It's my (sober) assessment that nothing will have changed our view of Kafka more than this book in fifty years"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

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