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Bogdan
May 17, 2009 rated it really liked it
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I really liked this style of Kafka, some sort of naturalism or realism. Comparing with the other short novels and some fragments from "The Trial", this novel is totally different. I really enjoyed it, and I liked the innocence of Karl Rossman, the main character. It is pretty bad that Kafka did not manage to finish the book and that some chapters at the end are not quite polished. The last chapter, "Oklahoma Theater", resembled a little bit with Pinocchio, and the main character has the mix betw ...more
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