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Franz Kafka [b] (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language novelist and writer from Prague. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. [4]
Jun 30, 2024 · Franz Kafka, German-language writer of visionary fiction whose works, especially The Trial and The Metamorphosis, express the anxieties and the alienation felt by many in 20th-century Europe and North America.
Apr 2, 2014 · Author Franz Kafka explored the human struggle for understanding and security in his novels such as 'Amerika,' 'The Trial' and 'The Castle.'
The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung), also translated as The Transformation, [1] is a novella by Franz Kafka published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect ( German : ungeheueres Ungeziefer ...
May 29, 2024 · Franz Kafka is one of the best-known German-language authors in the world, even though he has been dead for 100 years. So why is he still so popular today?
May 23, 2024 · Soviet critics enlisted Kafka as an ally of the dignified individual bravely clashing with the capitalist system, while anti-communist dissidents turned him into an adversary of the...
Prague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as "The Metamorphosis" (1916), and posthumously published novels, including The Trial (1925), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world.