An edition of Introducing Kafka (1994)

Introducing Kafka

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An edition of Introducing Kafka (1994)

Introducing Kafka

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Introducing Kafka, also known as R. Crumb's Kafka, is an illustrated biography of Franz Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz and Robert Crumb. The book includes comic adaptations of some of Kafka's most famous works including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, and The Judgment, as well as brief sketches of his three novels The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. The book also details Kafka's biography in a format that is part illustrated essay, part sequential comic panels.

The book focuses on the biographical details of Kafka's life, interspersed with illustrated vignettes from his writing. The author relates Kafka's personality and various incidents in his life to the composition of his stories. For example, Kafka's complicated relationship with his family is linked to stories where the main character is an animal – notably The Metamorphosis, whose protagonist, Gregor Samsa, awakens to find himself transformed into a giant bug, and becomes a burden on his family.

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Kafka kurz und knapp
Kafka kurz und knapp
1999-10, Zweitausendeins
Hardcover in German - 5. Auflage
Cover of: Introducing Kafka
Introducing Kafka
1994, Kitchen Sink Press
in English
Cover of: Introducing Kafka
Introducing Kafka
1994, Totem Books, Icon Books, Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by National Book Network
in English

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Edition Notes

"The introducing series from Totem"--P. [2] of cover

Published in
Cambridge [England], Lanham, MD

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Pagination
175 p. :
Number of pages
175

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL14955540M
Internet Archive
kafkaforbeginner0000mair
ISBN 10
1874166099
Library Thing
172538
Goodreads
1584438

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