From the internationally acclaimed author of "The Marriage of
Cadmus and Harmony and "Ka: an utterly original, fascinating
interpretation of the work of Franz Kafka that is simultaneously an
unprecedented exploration into the mystery of Kafka himself.
What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories?
Symbols? Things that happen every day? But where and when?
Countless answers have been offered, but the question still arouses
feelings of acute uncertainty. Many solutions have been proposed,
but the essential mystery remains intact. In this remarkable book,
Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be
illuminated by its own light. To that end, 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 a
puzzling question: why are K. and Josef K.-the protagonists of "The
Castle and "The Trial-so radically different from any other
characters in the history of the novel? So, in the end, "the most
basic question along the way is: Who is K.?
The culmination of the author's lifelong fascination with Kafka,
"K. is a book of significant literary importance, the fourth part
in a work in progress of which the previous volumes are "The Ruin
of Kasch, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, and "Ka.
"From the Hardcover edition.
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