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Contemplation
Kafka's first published book (1913), Contemplation is composed of eighteen "prose poems," displaying the full range of Kafka's compact metaphorical style. In this new translation, Kevin Blahut has been faithful to the original German while rendering it in a fresh, contemporary English. This edition is complemented by 18 black & white illustrations, attesting to the las...more
Hardcover, Kafka's Short Prose, 70 pages
Published
January 1st 1996
by Twisted Spoon Press
(first published 1912)
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The edition I have calls the book Meditation, from the description of the book on good reads it is the same book.
Meditation by Franz Kafka (Vitalis)
This slim volume was given to me as a present
about two or three years ago by Bender after his
trip to Prague, while he was in London.
How it took me this long to find the 2 hours or
so needed to read it is beyond me.
That said it was Kafka's first book published
originally in 1912 and is a collection of short
stories and sketches all of which could b...more
Meditation by Franz Kafka (Vitalis)
This slim volume was given to me as a present
about two or three years ago by Bender after his
trip to Prague, while he was in London.
How it took me this long to find the 2 hours or
so needed to read it is beyond me.
That said it was Kafka's first book published
originally in 1912 and is a collection of short
stories and sketches all of which could b...more
C'est le premier recueil publié de Kafka ; déjà, on peut lire sans se dire que Max Brod a souffert pour nous puisque, pour une fois, Kafka voulait que nous le lisions.
Ce n'est pas son chef-d'oeuvre. Ce n'est pas grave : songeons à ce qu'il a fait plus tard.
Le ton est hésitant ; parfois il est incisif comme celui des oeuvres futures, parfois d'un lyrisme un peu rimbaldien. Tout, déjà, est étrange, d'une rencontre dans l'omnibus à une course d'enfants ; des saynètes apparemment réalistes de la vie...more
Ce n'est pas son chef-d'oeuvre. Ce n'est pas grave : songeons à ce qu'il a fait plus tard.
Le ton est hésitant ; parfois il est incisif comme celui des oeuvres futures, parfois d'un lyrisme un peu rimbaldien. Tout, déjà, est étrange, d'une rencontre dans l'omnibus à une course d'enfants ; des saynètes apparemment réalistes de la vie...more
18 коротких рассказов маэстро слова. Это первая книга Франца в биографии, сразу же показывет всю Метафорическую мощь заложенную в его сознании. Эта книга запомнится мне как первая прочитанная на иностранном языке =)
EXCERPT:
"It was time. I kissed the person next to me, offered the next three my hand, and began to walk back. No one called to me. At first crossing, where they could no longer see me, I turned around and followed the paths back into the woods. I was heading to the town in the south, of which people in our village say:
>>Amazing people live there! Think of it, they never sleep!<<
>>And why not?<<
>>Because they don't get tired!<<
>>And why not?<<
>>Because...more
"It was time. I kissed the person next to me, offered the next three my hand, and began to walk back. No one called to me. At first crossing, where they could no longer see me, I turned around and followed the paths back into the woods. I was heading to the town in the south, of which people in our village say:
>>Amazing people live there! Think of it, they never sleep!<<
>>And why not?<<
>>Because they don't get tired!<<
>>And why not?<<
>>Because...more
I swear to God, this man is, definitely, my soulmate.
interesting to see him working out his eventual genius
Eine schöne Sammlung von kürzen Geschichten, mit einer interessanten Mischung. Einige waren nur schöne Beschreibungen von Situationen oder Gefühlen, aber einige hatten starke Mitteilungen auch. Die Kürze dieser Geschichte waren mir besser als etwas längeres wegen der Macht der Mitteilungen. Sogar die erste Beschreibung über Kindheit fand ich eine perfekte Beschreibung davon.
I bought this in Prague, and the stories and illustrations really "took me back" to the feeling I had while in that magical city.
I'm not sure I fully got this but it was fun. A souvenir from my visit to Kafka's house in Prague.
Bueno, pero no me atrapó..
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Franz Kafka (German pronunciation: [ˈfʀants ˈkafka]) was one of the major fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Bohemia (presently the Czech Republic), Austria–Hungary. His unique body of writing—much of which is incomplete and which was mainly published posthumously—is considered to be among the most influential in Western lite...more
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“I was making for that city in the south of which it was said in our village:
"There you'll find queer folk! Just think, they never sleep!"
"And why not?"
"Because they never get tired."
"And why not?"
"Because they're fools."
"Don't fools get tired?"
"How could fools get tired!"---Children on a Country Road, Contemplation.”
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"There you'll find queer folk! Just think, they never sleep!"
"And why not?"
"Because they never get tired."
"And why not?"
"Because they're fools."
"Don't fools get tired?"
"How could fools get tired!"---Children on a Country Road, Contemplation.”
