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Book

Kafkaesque : fourteen stories

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL KUPE (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]

Physical Description

159 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"A mesmerizing interpretation of fourteen iconic Kafka short stories. Longtime lovers of Kafka will appreciate Kuper's innovative interpretations, while Kafka novices will discover a haunting introduction to some of the great writer's most beguiling stories" --Page [4] of cover.

Contents

  • Trip into the mountains
  • A little fable
  • The helmsman
  • The spinning top
  • The burrow
  • Give it up!
  • Coal-bucket rider
  • A hunger artist
  • A fratricide
  • The trees
  • Before the law
  • The bridge
  • In the penal colony
  • The vulture.

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