Betrachtung
Betrachtung

Betrachtung

With illustrations by Karel Hruška and an afterword on the creation and impact of the text
  • 13 x 21 cm, 80 pages
  • hardback, thread-stitching, ribbon
  • ISBN 978-3-89919-503-3
  • In Stock
€ 12,90 (D)€ 13,30 (Ö)

“I will always be considerably more grateful to you for sending back my manuscripts than for their publication,” wrote Kafka coyly to the publisher Ernst Rowohlt of their plan to bring out a book together. The Prague author submitted a collection of exquisite short stories, and by November 1912, these were gracing the tables of the city’s booksellers under the title Meditation. Kafka immediately sallied forth to collect a few copies for himself: “Eleven books were sold by André. I bought ten of them myself. I would dearly like to know who has the eleventh.” Since then, millions of copies have been bought by enthusiastic readers around the world and the Meditation has long been considered a mature masterpiece, despite the author’s youth. There are many who see Kafka’s debut as the most fascinating thing he ever wrote.

Contents Contents

♦ Children on the Country Road
♦ Unmasking of a Confidence Man
♦ The Unexpected Stroll
♦ Resolutions
♦ Excursion to the Mountains
♦ A Bachelor´s Misfortune
♦ The Merchant
♦ Looking Out Absentmindedly
♦ The Way Home
♦ The Passers-by
♦ The Passenger
♦ Clothes
♦ The Rejection
♦ Some Thoughts for Amateur Jockeys
♦ Window onto the Street
♦ The Wish to Become an Indian
♦ The Trees
♦ Being Unhappy

♦ The Creation and Impact of the Text
♦ Albert Ehrenstein on Kafka´s Meditation
♦ Notes

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