Kafka

Name: Kafka
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781782279846
Price: 32.99 NZD
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By Nishioka Kyodai

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Summary

Nishioka Kyodai reimagine nine of Franz Kafka's most memorable tales with surreal and haunting graphic illustrations. Their distinctive manga style brings to life the mysterious and bizarre elements of stories such as The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, and A Country Doctor, offering profound new insights into Kafka's enigmatic narratives.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy literary classics, graphic novels, and surreal, thought-provoking storytelling.

A sublimely eerie manga adaptation of classic Kafka stories, with a starkly beautiful illustration style - part of Pushkin's second series of Japanese novellas

Description

Nine of Franz Kafka's most memorable tales are here given fresh life with dazzling graphic renderings by the brother-and-sister manga creators Nishioka Kyodai. With their distinctive, surreal style of illustration, they have reimagined the fantastic, the imperceptible, and the bizarre in Kafka's work, creating a hauntingly powerful visual world.

These stories of enigmatic figures and uncanny transformations are stripped to their core, offering profound new understandings.

Includes The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, A Country Doctor and more.

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Anime News Network calls the art "fascinating, almost folkloric," highlighting the compelling visual interpretation of Kafka's works.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781782279846

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pushkin Press

Contributors:

Translated by David Yang
Translated by David Yang

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 145.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 176

Collections

Adult Graphic Novels Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Graphic Novels Literary Fiction Nishioka Kyodai

About the Author

Nishioka Kyodai (literally 'Nishioka siblings') are the brother-and-sister manga duo of Satoshi Nishioka and Chiaki Nishioka. They debuted in the weekly magazine Morning in 1989 and have since produced more than a dozen works and have become well-known for their surreal illustration style and dark psychological themes.