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By Roberto Calasso
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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K. by Roberto Calasso delves into the enigmatic world of Franz Kafka, intertwining literary analysis with elements from Kafka's own works. It explores the themes, symbols, and philosophical underpinnings of Kafka's writing, offering a deep, interpretive insight into the mysterious atmosphere and existential questions that permeate Kafka's fiction.
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A singular journey through the visionary world of Kafka and its captivating mysteries, now in Penguin Modern Classics.

What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that happen every day? But where and when?

In this remarkable book, Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be illuminated by its own light. With his unique vision, imagination, and intellectual acumen, Calasso attempts to enter the flow, the tortuous movement, the physiology of the stories to discover what they are meant to signify and to delve into the most basic question—Who is K.?

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241399439

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 April 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Geoffrey Brock

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 246g

Pages: 336

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Roberto Calasso Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Roberto Calasso was born in Florence in 1941. An author and publisher, he began working at Adelphi Edizioni from its founding in 1962 and continued as director for fifty years. The Book of All Books is the tenth part of a series that began with The Ruin of Kasch and includes the international bestseller The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony as well as Ka, K., Tiepolo Pink, La Folie Baudelaire, Ardor, The Celestial Hunter and The Unnamable Present. He died in Milan in 2021.

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