The Great Wall of China: And Other Short Works (Penguin Modern Classics) |
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Franz Kafka
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Pages: 240 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0141186461
Pub: Penguin Books Ltd
Pub date: 2002-01-31
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 82417
Reader Reviews:
Interesting companion for Kafka completists (6/8 people found this helpful)
Franz Kafka has to be one of the most important authors of the 20th century. His style has influenced a whole genre and even a word to describe it - Kafkaesque.
Works like The Castle and The Trial are true classics, unlike anything you've ever read before, so it's no surprise that other unpublished material has been trawled through and published for completist fans.
This set of stories - many of them uncompleted - has the mark of Kafka's style, but the quality varies considerably and is not a true reflection on his best work. Longer, later works like The Burrow and Investigations of a Dog are worth the wait, but others are mere sketches that give an insight into his workings but little else.
If you've never read Kafka before, don't start here - start with the full length novels. If you've read everything and can't get enough, this may just keep you satisfied for a while.
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Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> General
Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> Short Stories -> World -> Chinese
Books -> Subjects -> Poetry, Drama & Criticism -> Poetry -> By Period -> 19th Century
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