More on Nonsense

This is how I imagine Kafka reading "How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect," which appeared in the NYT on October 5. Here's the link

 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/health…

Benedict Carey gives the main features of Kafka's "Country Doctor" and describes the boy in the story as having a "terrible toothache." According to him, the country doctor reaches his patient's house only to learn that the boy has "no teeth at all." If you've read the story, you know that the boy is described as...