'Investigations of a Dog' Franz Kafka
I'd never heard of 'Investigations of a Dog' by Franz Kafka until I stumbled upon it in a garage sale. Suspiciously clean and with pages tightly furled, as if unread, I shortly afterwards discovered why. It really is nonsense!
Kafka is famed for writing 'The Trial' and 'Metamorphosis', both brilliantly creative works. Whilst 'Investigations of a Dog' is creative, this slim book feels as if the author was struggling to create something new, but hadn't got a handle on it, and essentially, was writing for writing's sake.
Published posthumously, when anything Kafkaesque would have been published, even a shopping list, it's an example of how publishers can mar an authors excellent reputation by greed. If it wasn't published in Kafka's lifetime, there was a reason for it!
The blurb on the back jacket reads 'How does a dog see the world? How do any of us? In this playful and enigmatic story of a canine philosopher, Kafka explores the limits of knowledge.' Hmmm.
Perhaps when all's said and done, it is a pre-curser of 'Dogman'.
Kafka is famed for writing 'The Trial' and 'Metamorphosis', both brilliantly creative works. Whilst 'Investigations of a Dog' is creative, this slim book feels as if the author was struggling to create something new, but hadn't got a handle on it, and essentially, was writing for writing's sake.
Published posthumously, when anything Kafkaesque would have been published, even a shopping list, it's an example of how publishers can mar an authors excellent reputation by greed. If it wasn't published in Kafka's lifetime, there was a reason for it!
The blurb on the back jacket reads 'How does a dog see the world? How do any of us? In this playful and enigmatic story of a canine philosopher, Kafka explores the limits of knowledge.' Hmmm.
Perhaps when all's said and done, it is a pre-curser of 'Dogman'.
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