Amerika
by Kafka, Franz - Preface by Klaus Mann. Translated from the German by Edwin Muir. Afterword by Max Brod
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- Hardcover
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Synopsis
Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with unquenchable optimism, he throws himself into the strange experiences that lie before him as he slowly makes his way into the interior of the great continent.Although Kafka's first novel (begun in 1911 and never finished), can be read as a menacing allegory of modern life, it is also infused with a quite un-Kafkaesque blitheness and sunniness, brought to life in this lyrical translation that returns to the original manuscript of the book.
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- Evolving Lens Bookseller (US)
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- 15277
- Title
- Amerika
- Author
- Kafka, Franz - Preface by Klaus Mann. Translated from the German by Edwin Muir. Afterword by Max Brod
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Vintage Copy
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
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