America.
Kafka, Franz.
Published by London; George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1938., 1938
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FIRST EDITION in English. Octavo, pp., xii, 300, [4] catalogue. Publishers' maroon cloth with black titles to spine in unclipped dust-jacket. Spine tips lightly rubbed; lower corner of upper board bumped. Bookplate to front paste-down; minor scattered light foxing, mainly to margins. Jacket toned, particularly to spine, and lightly foxed, with repaired 3-inch tear to rear, minor nicks and creases to edge and minor loss to spine. A Very Good copy in Good jacket. Translated from the German by Edwin and Willa Muir, and the last of the Author's longer works to be translated into English. Kafka's novel was originally entitled Der Verschollene but when it was posthumously published the title was changed to America and this is the title by which it has been known ever since. The story features a teenage German boy Karl Rossman, sent to America by his parents for a "forgivable offence", with themes of alienation and oppression as well as comedy. Scarce, particularly in the fragile dust-jacket. Seller Inventory # 6643
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Title: America.
Publisher: London; George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1938.
Publication Date: 1938
Binding: Hard Cover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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America
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Seller Inventory # ABE-1748878213408
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America: With an introduction by Edwin Muir
Seller: Phatpocket Limited, Waltham Abbey, HERTS, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. Seller Inventory # Z1-V-017-02503
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America
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Penguin Books, 1967
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Seller: Crappy Old Books, Barry, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. There are novels about opportunity, and then there are novels that take the idea of opportunity, examine it from a distance, and quietly wonder what happens when it refuses to behave as advertised. America (1967) by Franz Kafka, published by Penguin Books, occupies that slightly awkward space: a book that begins with promise and proceeds, with admirable consistency, to complicate it. Kafka?s America is not quite the America one might expect. It is a place of vastness, possibility, and systems that seem to operate with their own internal logic, occasionally acknowledging the presence of the people moving through them. The story follows a young man who arrives in this new world and attempts, with varying degrees of success, to find his place within it. From there, the narrative unfolds in a series of episodes that feel at once grounded and faintly unreal, as though reality has been adjusted just enough to keep everything slightly off balance. The tone is characteristically Kafkaesque?calm, precise, and just a little disconcerting. Situations arise that appear straightforward, only to become increasingly complex, while authority figures and institutions present themselves with confidence, though not always with clarity. The result is a novel that feels less like a journey towards a destination and more like a sequence of encounters, each one offering the possibility of resolution without ever quite delivering it. Published in 1967, this Penguin edition has the familiar, understated design of the period: practical, readable, and entirely unconcerned with drawing attention to itself. This particular copy is listed as Good , which in Crappy Old Books terms suggests it has been opened, handled, and perhaps read with a mixture of curiosity and quiet persistence. The cover may show some wear, the spine may have softened, and the pages may carry the faint traces of previous readers who may have followed the narrative with interest, even if they were not entirely certain where it was leading. It is not a novel that demands to be read in a single sitting, nor one that necessarily rewards such an approach. More likely, it will be read in stages, paused over, and occasionally revisited, as though one might, on a second or third pass, discover what exactly was happening the first time. Whether you approach it as an early work of a major writer, a reflection on displacement, or simply a book you feel one ought to have attempted, it offers an experience that is less about certainty and more about the process of navigating uncertainty. A quietly intriguing, gently disorienting novel that treats the idea of a new beginning with a certain measured scepticism, and a perfectly respectable way to suggest that your reading habits extend into territory where expectations are examined, adjusted, and occasionally left unresolved. Seller Inventory # 6371
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America.
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Penguin, London, 1967
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Seller: G. & J. CHESTERS, TAMWORTH, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 270 pages, overall a very good paperback. Seller Inventory # 28717
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América
Seller: Librería Alonso Quijano, Alcobendas, M, Spain
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Novela(82-31) Albor Libros, Encuadernación en tapa Blanda. Kafka, Franz. 20 cm. AméricaTapa deslucida.Tapa ilustrada. Pags.222.Volúmenes. Libro usado. Seller Inventory # A2AQA440155
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AMERICA.
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Seller: Libros Ambigú, Madrid, M, Spain
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Condition: Normal. Centro Editor de America Latina. Buenos Aires 1976 18 x 10,5 cm., 213 pag. Traduccion de Milena Fabiani. Tapa blanda; buen estado. NOVELA . Ejemplares disponibles: 1 Normal. Seller Inventory # 400133377
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América
Seller: Librería Alonso Quijano, Alcobendas, M, Spain
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#830-31 19 () Akal. Encuadernación en tapa Blanda. Kafka, Franz. 17 cm. AméricaTapa deslucida.Tapa ilustrada. Pags.318.Volúmenes. Libro usado. Seller Inventory # A2AQA534606
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América
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Alianza Editorial 1971 (1986 imp., Madrid, 1971
ISBN 10: 8420613444
ISBN 13: 9788420613444
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Seller: Librería Alonso Quijano, Alcobendas, M, Spain
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#830-31 19 () Alianza Editorial. Encuadernación en tapa Blanda. Kafka, Franz. 18 cm. AméricaTapa deslucida.Tapa ilustrada. Pags.319.Volúmenes. Libro usado. Seller Inventory # A2AQA524338
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América
Published by
Colección Novelas Inmortales nº 2, Sarpe, Madrid, 1984
ISBN 10: 8472916766
ISBN 13: 9788472916760
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Tapa blanda.
Seller: Librería Ofisierra, Galapagar, M, Spain
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Tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Hojas amarillentas. Libro. Seller Inventory # 147556
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América
Published by
Sarpe, Madrid, 1984
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Rústica
First Edition
Seller: Libros Sargantana, Port d'Andratx, PM, Spain
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Rústica. Condition: Bien. Primera edición. Edita: Sarpe. Novelas inmortales nº 2. Primera edición. Su primera novela sobre el mito americano. Seller Inventory # 000155