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Best Place To Start With Kafka

  • 25-07-2014 6:52pm
    #1
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,939 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm interested in reading some of his works but not sure where to start.

    Could you give me any advice on what story or novel of his that I should read first? Thanks.
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  • #2
    Gamayun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭Gamayun


    I would suggest The Metamorphosis to start. Short 'n' sweet while encapsulating the elements that would later be termed Kafkaesque.

    Free epub/mobi/pdf here. It's short enough to read on a monitor (well, maybe not in one sitting) if you don't have an ereader or don't want to buy a physical copy 'til you see if he's for you.


  • #3
    tuch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭tuch


    He only has three novels and some short stories. I'd get the short story collection which includes
    The Metamorphis.


  • #4
    ush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭ush


    When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning......


  • #5
    Yeatz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭Yeatz


    Personally, I think it's less which novel/ story you choose, and more which translation. An accessible translator good for people starting with Kafka is Hofmann. Muir is literal to the point of dryness, and may put you off a little to begin with. :)


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