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Amerika, (German working title Der Verschollene, "The Missing") also known as The Man Who Disappeared (Amerika), Amerika: The Missing Person and Lost in America, is the incomplete first novel by author Franz Kafka (1883–1924), written between 1911 and 1914 and published posthumously in 1927.
- Franz Kafka, Michael Hofmann
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- 1927
- Der Verschollene
Amerika, also known as The Man Who Disappeared, The Missing Person and as Lost in America, is the incomplete first novel of author Franz Kafka (1883–1924), written between 1911 and 1914 and published posthumously in 1927.
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Aug 26, 2017 · Amerika (Franz Kafka): A Summary and Analysis. Amerika is, in a sense, exactly like other works of Franz Kafka. Kafka is known for his recurring theme of helplessness. His protagonists, usually confident and energetic men, become locked in contest with a power they cannot overcome, and eventually subside. Devoid of any true help, cast into a ...
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Amerika, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka, written between 1912 and 1914 and prepared for publication by Max Brod in 1927, three years after the author’s death. The manuscript was entitled Der Verschollene (“The Lost One”).
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Jul 2, 1996 · Kafka’s first and funniest novel, Amerika tells the story of the young immigrant Karl Rossmann who, after an embarrassing sexual misadventure, finds himself “packed off to America” by his parents.
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Oct 8, 2022 · Analysis of Franz Kafka’s Amerika. By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on October 8, 2022. The Czech writer Franz Kafka (1883–1924) wrote Amerika between 1911 and 1914, but the novel was not published until 1927, several years after the author’s death. Kafka never crossed the Atlantic to America, and much of his knowledge of the New World was drawn from ...
Jun 19, 2021 · Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. xviii, 299 pages : 21 cm. Kafka's first and funniest novel, Amerika tells the story of the young immigrant Karl Rossmann who, after an embarrassing sexual misadventure, finds himself "packed off to America" by his parents.
