Excavating Kafka
(Sprache: Englisch)
Paperback edition of the biography of Franz Kafka, which seeks to debunk the myths surrounding his life, and portrays him as a happy and successful man-about-town.
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Paperback edition of the biography of Franz Kafka, which seeks to debunk the myths surrounding his life, and portrays him as a happy and successful man-about-town.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Excavating Kafka “
Acknowledgements. Introduction. The Way Things Were. Into the Locked Bookcase. Myth-Making at Work. The Stages of the Myth. Kafka and Felice: Nothing to Do With Sex. Kafka and Milena: All About Sex. Why the Myth Must Go. Conclusion: An End and a Beginning. Notes. Further Reading. Index.
Autoren-Porträt von James Hawes
As an Oxford undergraduate James Hawes saw and handled the original manuscript of The Castle. After taking a PhD on Nietzsche and Kafka, he held university lecture-ships at Maynooth, Sheffield and Swansea. He is the author of five novels, including A White Merc with Fins and White Powder, Green Light. His most recent novel, Speak For England (2005), was widely and enthusiastically reviewed. The BBC has commissioned Andrew Davies to re-work the novel for TV.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: James Hawes
- 2010, X, 243 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Quercus Publishing Plc
- ISBN-10: 184916164X
- ISBN-13: 9781849161640
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Excavating Kafka “
'A thorough demolition of the myths that surround one of the greatest writers in the German language' Times. 'Hawes's Kafka is a canny, funny, worldly man and the book's galloping prose is highly entertaining... witty anti-biography' Observer. 'Superbly irreverent book debunks prevailing myths about the author... His flippant style is hugely entertaining, but he is also unwavering in his appreciation of Kafka' Guardian. 'This absolutely brilliant and utterly infuriating book has a simple purpose: to demolish a number of myths and misconceptions about the life and work of Franz Kafka... Hawes is one of the most audacious, obsessive and endlessly inventive critics of an author with whose work he is clearly and wonderfully obsessed' Ian Sansom in the Guardian. 'Hawes loves Kafka and his combination of zeal and cynicism is irresistible' Daily Telegraph. 'This wonderful book, a revelation and a scream... wonderfully irreverent' Scotsman. 'Literary biography usually reduces the work to the peccadilloes of its author: Hawes' glorious piece of iconoclasm uses the same technique to save it' Spiked.com. 'Settle in to enjoy Hawes' galloping, lucid prose' Observer.
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