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Kafka's short stories are pretty dank

>> No.6804604

>>6804576
what do appeciate most about them? what could kafka do as a writer that so many fail to?

>> No.6804617

>>6804604
I think his writing his extremely intellectual, which I really appreciate. But what I find most fascinating of his short stories was his ability start them: For many of his short stories, the opening line gives you so much back story and all the information you need to know, which is something he irrefutably mastered.

>> No.6804655

>>6804576
Some of them are, and some of them are pretty shit.

>> No.6804661

>>6804655
>4chan

Thanks for your profound input, anon.

>> No.6804676

>>6804576
I've only ever read The Metamorphasis and The Trial. Was looking at getting into The Castle but I'm already midway through three other novels.
Any suggested short stories?

>> No.6804680

>>6804676
The Hunger Artist stands out to me

He wrote it right before he died, when the turburculosis or whatever in his throat was so inflamed that he couldn't eat, so he literally starved to death.

>> No.6804687

>>6804676
Just look through Parables and Paradoxes, which are a collection of his short stories, and you'll be sure to find some you'll enjoy. I will admit, though, that I haven't finished reading them all.

I think the opening line to The Metamorphosis is so fucking brilliant.

>> No.6804688

>>6804676

In the Penal Colony.

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>>6804676
http://zork.net/~patty/pattyland/kafka/parables/parables.htm

>> No.6804696

>>6804676
Not OP but if you're after something short The Passenger, Clothes and The Window on the Street are all good - only about half a page each.
A Fasting-Artist and The Judgement are probably my favourites though.

>> No.6804699

>>6804604
He gets you thinking, and never says anything that pulls you out.

They have a timeless quality, despite feeling intensely personal and almost like a warning aimed directly at you.

I feel like I've been told something about my life but im not quite sure what it is.

>> No.6804744

>>6804699
the menu at your local diner always tells you something about life

>> No.6804757

I wish I was a red indian, mang..

>> No.6804780

>>6804757
i heard a funny interpretation of that one once. some guy said it seemed clear to him that the Indian accidentally rode off of a cliff

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Saved this from a thread last night.

Enjoy.

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6804817

>>6804576
>"...and the little girl's face was quite bright."

It's like the history of western civilization in a paragraph.

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6804833

>tfw I was reading Kafka non-stop to the point when I had a panic attack and started talking to his books

>> No.6805089

>>6804576
Go back to tumblr, hipster.

>> No.6805122

>>6804617
>I think his writing his extremely intellectual, which I really appreciate
Cringed so hard m8

>> No.6806138

>>6804680
False.

Another myth to perpetuate the Kafka meme.

>> No.6806146

>>6804688
I kinda felt sorry for the officer but not really

>> No.6806205

>>6805122
>Cringed
Go back to reddit

>> No.6806212

>>6805122
le cringe xd