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I've only read this and The Metamorphosis by Kafka. I do love the number of levels that I can read his stuff at. Just a great thinking book.
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"Life, I do not understand you."
- Hjalmar Söderberg, Doctor Glas
"Life is the crummiest book I ever read. There isn't a hook, just a lot of cheap shots."
- Bad Religion, Stranger Than Fiction
"What have you done to deserve this punishment? What sins have you committed? What dark thoughts have you harboured that condemn you to wander through the universe without hope?"
- Gaius Baltar, Battlestar Galactica
"Like a dog."
- Franz Kafka, The Trial
So we know the story; Josef K awakes one day to find that he ...more
- Hjalmar Söderberg, Doctor Glas
"Life is the crummiest book I ever read. There isn't a hook, just a lot of cheap shots."
- Bad Religion, Stranger Than Fiction
"What have you done to deserve this punishment? What sins have you committed? What dark thoughts have you harboured that condemn you to wander through the universe without hope?"
- Gaius Baltar, Battlestar Galactica
"Like a dog."
- Franz Kafka, The Trial
So we know the story; Josef K awakes one day to find that he ...more
Great work, unfortunately Kafka didn't around to finishing it, but it shouldn't detract from its concept. It's short, but it's packed with so much possible meaning it's nauseating. It's simultaneously darkly funny and a really challenging mindscrew. It's about the absurdity and minutia of modern life that we are all probably subjected to but don't really notice. Don't let the ending get you down.
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Oct 30, 2010
Zoe Rider
marked it as unread-library
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Huma
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Paul
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Nyssa
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discopig
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Lisa
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Apr 25, 2015
Caleb Blake
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