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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
unfassbar tolle schreibweise; handlung zieht sich aber teils unnötig in die länge
Der Verschollene walked so A Little Life could run
Also irgendwie schwierig zu raten, weil es ja ein Fragment war, aber grundsätzlich wird hier ein interessantes Thema (Auswandern) aufgegriffen und Karls Weg mitzuverfolgen war sehr interessant. Aber obviously fehlt ein klares Ende.
Also irgendwie schwierig zu raten, weil es ja ein Fragment war, aber grundsätzlich wird hier ein interessantes Thema (Auswandern) aufgegriffen und Karls Weg mitzuverfolgen war sehr interessant. Aber obviously fehlt ein klares Ende.
Very different from the other work of Franz Kafka; only the final chapter is truly Kafkaesque.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Ο Κάφκα πάει στην Αμερική και μπλέκει σε διάφορες περιπέτειες που το κοινό του χαρακτηριστικό είναι ένα μοτίβο εμφάνισης ανθρώπων που βοηθάνε τον πρωταγωνιστή μέχρι την στιγμή που για ασήμαντο συνήθως λόγο καλείται ατελέσφορα να απολογηθεί σε μια μορφή εξουσίας ενώ προδίδει την εμπιστοσύνη των ανθρώπων του. Η Αμερική του Κάφκα είναι σκληρή και δεν συγχωρεί. Που και που άνθρωποι του μόχθου βοηθάνε ο ένας τον άλλον αλλά και εξαπατάνε. Μέγιστες αξίες σε αυτόν τον κόσμο είναι σαφώς το χρήμα και ως αποτέλεσμα η δουλειά, η καριέρα και η τύχη. Υπάρχει ένα συνεχές άγχος για ανέλιξη και μια θολή ιδέα αξιοκρατίας που δεν είναι καθόλου απόλυτη καθώς ο ίδιος ο πρωταγωνιστής ύποφερει μια σειρά από αδικίες εις βάρος του παρά την δουλειά και την αξία του. Γενικά είναι σαφώς πιο φωτεινό από την δική και πύργο αλλά αυτή η συνεχής διακύμανση ασφάλεια και συνωμοσίας το καθιστά αγχωτικό και ψυχοφθόρο με έναν ξεχωριστό τρόπο. Η γλώσσα του είναι άριστη, περιγράφει εικόνες, ανθρώπους, συναισθήματα και συναναστροφές με εξαιρετική καθαρότητα και ακρίβεια. Θύμιζει όνειρο και όπως λέει ο Μακ είναι συμβολικό μεν αλλά γραμμένο με απλή γλώσσα και ξεκάθαρες περιγραφές και αφηγήσεις. Η συγκεκριμένη μετάφραση πιστεύω ήταν πολύ καλή με ενδιαφέρουσες λέξεις αρκετές από την κρητική διάλεκτο. Σελ. 232
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is a weird work, but were talking about Kafka? It reads as if Kafka put all his travel log, news papers, and a few American works; specifically Upton Sinclairs, The Jungle. Since Kafka never traveled further than France, this makes sense. To start, Karl, our Main character has the serendipitous good fortune to meet his wealthy, Senator, businessman uncle: who takes young Karl in. Second after falling in with thieves he escapes and finds himself through good luck a position as a liftboy, elevator operator. His luck (?) continues to be both good and then bad all the rest of the way through the work. I was glad for the end as Karl seems to finally get a position that he will be happy and kept on at. The getting there to this final place left me, as I felt in Dry be Shusterman, feeling "How much more pain can poor Karl go through". SO it left me with a warm fuzzy. Great work. Great look at a fiction of what America could have been.
Poor Karl Rossman is shipped to America from Germany after a sexual misadventure with a housemaid. Things look promising when he arrives, but his situation deteriorates through a series of increasingly absurd scenarios.
I liked the book, and I love Kafka's writing. The only ding against it is that these sorts of books are generally hard to read for me, since nothing good is ever happening to the main character.
I liked the book, and I love Kafka's writing. The only ding against it is that these sorts of books are generally hard to read for me, since nothing good is ever happening to the main character.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dense but the genius is clear. The way Kafka write the injustice and confusion of bureaucratic situations is so True and easy to identify with.
Not sure how I feel about it. As always, Kafka is a great storyteller. His story is interesting and full of ups and downs. You expect the extreme when you started it and you got that. There was never once a boring moment when you read it, and it does makes you want to know more of the missing gaps. You care for the well being of the character and you get frustrated when he’s choosing something wrong.
I read that it’s supposed to be an exaggeration of America since Kafka himself has not spent time here. I guess it makes sense, because it’s highlighting those american experience in a grandiose way. From the politic campaign, obesity, servitude, and the theater of Oklahoma. Everything is quiet exaggerated yet still believable.
Buster Keaton -esque
I read that it’s supposed to be an exaggeration of America since Kafka himself has not spent time here. I guess it makes sense, because it’s highlighting those american experience in a grandiose way. From the politic campaign, obesity, servitude, and the theater of Oklahoma. Everything is quiet exaggerated yet still believable.
Buster Keaton -esque