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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
قصة الأديب الكبير فرانز كافكا هذه, "المسخ", يجب أن تُقرأ على أنها قصة كوميدية/ساخرة, جادة قليلاً لكن فكاهية كثيراً. غير ذلك فمن الأكيد ان المرء لن تعجبه هذه التحفة الفنية.
تدور قصة "المسخ" حول المسكين "غريغور سامسا" الذي يستيقظ ذات يوم فيجد نفسه تحوّل إلى دودة هائلة, وحول تعامل عائلته معه بعد هذا الحادث المريع. هي قصة تُحاكي كيفية تعامل المرء مع فرد من العائلة عندما يمرض بمرض سيء للغاية, مُحاكاة فكاهية نوعاً ما.
مراحل تعامل العائلة مع المريض هي كالتالي:
إن رواية "المسخ" خلدت نفسها في التاريخ كتحفة أدبية تصلح لكل زمان ومكان, بدون شك.
ينصح به :)
تدور قصة "المسخ" حول المسكين "غريغور سامسا" الذي يستيقظ ذات يوم فيجد نفسه تحوّل إلى دودة هائلة, وحول تعامل عائلته معه بعد هذا الحادث المريع. هي قصة تُحاكي كيفية تعامل المرء مع فرد من العائلة عندما يمرض بمرض سيء للغاية, مُحاكاة فكاهية نوعاً ما.
مراحل تعامل العائلة مع المريض هي كالتالي:
Spoiler
1) يمرض الشخص, في بادء الأمر تعتني به العائلة قدر الإستطاعة, هناك فرد واحد من بين الجميع يتطوع ليقوم بالعمل المقزز المرتبط بالاعتناء بالشخص المريض. 2) يصبح المريض عبء على العائلة سواء مادياً أو نفسياً, تبدأ العائلة بالنفور منه. 3) يقوم المريض -- أو يحدث له شيء -- يجعل افراد العائلة يتنكرون له كلياً. 4) تسوء حالة المريض, و تبدأ العائلة بالتفكير في أسهل طريقة للتخلص من العبء. 5) يموت المريضإن رواية "المسخ" خلدت نفسها في التاريخ كتحفة أدبية تصلح لكل زمان ومكان, بدون شك.
ينصح به :)
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I want to die
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.
I do love a Franz Kafka and although I have read this before, I hadn't listened to the Audible audiobook version, which I came across in my recommended listens today.
The story is a simple on. Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself changed into a giant insect. What ensues is somewhat of a farce with elements of the horror of the situation too. A variety of characters come to the house, including his boss who is alerted to the situation by Gregor not making the usual train to work.
His family struggle to adapt to the new, bizarre, situation and also must make up for the lost wages in order to feed themselves and Gregor new, strange, apetite.
It's ultimately a bleak listen, as you would expect. The only criticism is that the narrator was rather monotone and lacked any real energy. 3 1/2 stars.
I do love a Franz Kafka and although I have read this before, I hadn't listened to the Audible audiobook version, which I came across in my recommended listens today.
The story is a simple on. Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself changed into a giant insect. What ensues is somewhat of a farce with elements of the horror of the situation too. A variety of characters come to the house, including his boss who is alerted to the situation by Gregor not making the usual train to work.
His family struggle to adapt to the new, bizarre, situation and also must make up for the lost wages in order to feed themselves and Gregor new, strange, apetite.
It's ultimately a bleak listen, as you would expect. The only criticism is that the narrator was rather monotone and lacked any real energy. 3 1/2 stars.
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A very interesting tale but no redemption.
I told myself I would read through classic literature one day, and that day has apparently come earlier than I expected. I knew of this story from the many references made to it throughout other stories and media, but all I really knew was that it was about a man who wakes up as a cockroach. All I knew of the author up until this point was that people referred to anything similar to his books as “Kafkaesque”. Immediately I wondered why he wasn’t screaming and more afraid of his predicament, especially when he tries to wave off his family when they are attempting to check on him through a locked door. I then suspected that this would be a more psychological story and that the protagonist hadn’t truly become a cockroach in the literal sense. Despite his complete physical transformation into an insect at the beginning of the story, Gregor changes very little as a character over the course of the story. Most notably, both as a man and as an insect Gregor patiently accepts the hardships he faces without complaint. The story shows us how in modern society humans are more cut off from one another and alienated from the human connections they used to have. Since it is an allegory, none of this is stated in the story. Instead, we see it in Gregor's isolation and alienation from his family and the rest of society. Kafka uses the symbolism of Gregor becoming a bug to represent the tragedy of the life that Gregor was leading, and his metamorphosis symbolizes a more gradual metamorphosis towards an individual humanity. Reading this story after the height of a global pandemic and my own personal isolation made this story all the more effective. A lesson that I learned from The Metamorphosis, is that life has to be lived for our own happiness. It may sound selfish, but in reality this is a cautionary tale about how you can become something unrecognizable if you dedicate your life to others, and how it can all end sooner than you could ever anticipate. Everything Gregor did he did not enjoy, and then he was turned into an insect and never got to do anything he liked. I see this story as a cautionary tale on how easy a life could be wasted if you live your life solely for others or for some societal “duty” that is placed upon you. Your life can only be beautiful if you curate it for yourself and not for others. Maybe that wasn’t the main intention of this story but that was what I got out of it, and I find it fitting.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes