Franz Kafka - The Great Wall of China

🎩 Mark Twain – “A Cure for the Blues” 💡- 1871In a world that takes itself too seriously, one man discovers a remedy for despair — and it isn’t found in any doctor’s bag.Mark Twain’s A Cure for the Blues begins as a simple confession: a man plagued by melancholy claims to have f ...  Show more

🎃 Washington Irving – "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820) 🌕A tale where mist drifts through autumn woods and legends ride by night. In the quiet village of Sleepy Hollow, the schoolmaster Ichabod Crane dreams of wealth and love — and of the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel. But be ...  Show more

David and Tamler return to one of their favorites, Frans Kafka, this time on his beautiful and distressing short story "The Hunger Artist," a story that brims with metaphorical possibilities but also implores us to accept it on its own mysterious terms. Plus gooning. The Goon Squ ...  Show more

#TarekOsman, #Kafka Kafka - Representations & Meanings https://tarekosman.com A quick, concise view of what makes Franz Kafka an important voice, not just in the early 20th century, in Central Europe - but beyond that time and place. 

A special guest stops by to help Jacke talk about life, literature, and one of the world's great masterpieces: The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. Hope you enjoy! Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at ...  Show more

Franz Kafka's dark world deals with existentialist themes such as alienation, anxiety, disorientation and the absurd. His work is so original that the term Kafkaesque was coined to describe the nightmarish and bizarre atmosphere of his work. Throughout his works we see the strang ...  Show more