Amerika - Softcover

Kafka, Franz; Michael Hofmann

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9780141188386: Amerika
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0141188383 ISBN 13: 9780141188386
Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2007

Synopsis

Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with unquenchable optimism, he throws himself into the strange experiences that lie before him as he slowly makes his way into the interior of the great continent.

Although Kafka's first novel (begun in 1911 and never finished), can be read as a menacing allegory of modern life, it is also infused with a quite un-Kafkaesque blitheness and sunniness, brought to life in this lyrical translation that returns to the original manuscript of the book.

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About the Author

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod.

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Publisher
Penguin Classics
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0141188383
ISBN 13 
9780141188386
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
240
Rating
  • 3.74 out of 5 stars
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