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)
Kafka’s little meditations form something previously unknown in German literature; I know no model.
This appears to be the way that leads to Parnassus: something like this is profound and fashioned with a most sensitive touch.
Stylistically unbelieveably mature, with the facility of the French masters, rhythmic as the lamentations of lonely young women ...
I can well imagine someone who comes upon this book and from that moment on, changes his life and becomes a different person.
Max Brod in März (Feb. 15, 1913)
♦ 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