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    <body><![CDATA[NOTE: I DID NOT READ THIS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. I READ IT IN ENGLISH. But goodreads didn't have any English versions of this sole story available....anyway...<br/>Okay so this is really just a longer short story, but since for some reason it is not included in &quot;The Basic Kafka&quot;, and I re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46092409">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[really need some kind of genius to write such stuff, its terrific even to think of something like that. this one stands out to be the best of kafka, metamorphosis doesnt really stand anywhere near the sheer pain and contention involved in this masterpiece. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My only exposure to Kafka had been The Metamorphosis, but a student suggested we read this story in stead for our Comp II class this semester.  He was absolutely right - this is a much better story.  I was immediately struck by the similarities between the Officer's justification for using the apara...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45121660">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So, here's the story:  I want to listen to Frank Zappa's album <em>We're Only In It For The Money</em>, and after checking it out from the library, I leaf through the liner notes to look at the artwork, find out some info about the album, etc.  Toward the end of the notes, I find a list, and my curiosity is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34630854">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Attention, ce qui suit dévoile la totalité de l’oeuvre.<br/><br/>Dans la colonie pénitentiaire, une machine infernale acharne sur un pauvre condamné à une mort lente (12h) et horrible. Cette machine supplicie d’abord le pauvre lecteur, car il doit attendre au moins 30 pages pour finalemen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18309791">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow - I was impressed by the number of meanings this tale could have if viewed as an allegory. The exploration of the meaning of justice was interesting, and surprisingly light. Again - anyone who can pull you into something so meaningful using only a limited number of well-chosen words is truly tal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47034545">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[one of the most darkly humorous books of all time. i must have read it ten years ago and can still remember scenes with such clarity that they make me cringe and giggle all at once.  thanks kafka- you're no slouch.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Of the few that I've read so far, this is definitely my favorite story by Kafka. I've read it a bunch of times and it creeps me out every single time, which I think is the main reason I enjoy it so much.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why did I read this? Moreover, why did I like it? I could get into all the themes of capital punishment and justification for dehumanization . . . but reading the book is so much better.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So creepy and awesome, exploring the senseless cruelty of capitol punishment and the ridiculousness of military hierarchy.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Torture machines are horrific in all cultures and lands.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another fantastic (both in terms of fantastical and great) short story from Kafka. Brilliantly told and simultaneously begs the question of cultural relevance, universal values, diplomacy, justice and the idea of punishment.  Great, great work.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another of Kafka's dark writings. Interestingly I truly enjoyed reading this (if not the subject matter). Kafka makes me think--and somehow puts my own life into perspective.<br/><br/>I found this book to be a compulsive read. I have read it at least twice and finished it in one sitting]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I'd hoped.  I am, however, willing to give Kafka the benefit of the doubt and chalk some of that up to the translation, which was a tough slog.  &quot;Metamorphosis&quot; is still a pleasure to read, but at the end of the day, I guess I'm still a junkie for plot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19557401">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Can I recommend this one? Well, it's utterly brilliant but incredibly painful... a little kafka-esque trip into hell. If you absolutely love the works of our favorite tortured insurance company clerk and have to read something beyond The Metamorphosis, this is the one, but consider yourself warned -...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18961056">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kafka's great.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a totally sweet edition because it has all of Kafka's insurance writing, which gives you an idea how he gets the idea for the mechanically gruesome.  Of course I don't really recommend it if you don't read German... which by this point basically includes myself.  (Sigh.)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what to rate this, exactly, because it was disturbing and grotesque and horrific, but the horror was conveyed so effectively that I was entranced even as I felt like throwing up.  Of course, I probably should have waited till I was older than 10 to read it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ich habe eine Lesung dieser verstörenden Erzählung auf <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.vorleser.net">vorleser.net</a> kostenlos (und legal!) heruntergeladen: Kafka ist immer Kafka, verstörend, paranoid und pessimistisch... immer wieder schön zu hören ;-)]]></body>
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