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Book In the Penal Settlement  Tales and Short Prose Works

Download or read book In the Penal Settlement Tales and Short Prose Works written by Franz Kafka and published by Harvill Secker. This book was released on 1973 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In the Penal Settlement  Tales and Short Prose Works   Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir  from Gesammelte Schriften  Vol  1  Erz  hlungen und Kleine Prosa

Download or read book In the Penal Settlement Tales and Short Prose Works Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir from Gesammelte Schriften Vol 1 Erz hlungen und Kleine Prosa written by Franz Kafka and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In the Penal Settlement

Download or read book In the Penal Settlement written by Franz Kafka and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Franz Kafka s The Metamorphosis

Download or read book Franz Kafka s The Metamorphosis written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a collection of essays exploring various aspects of the novel "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka.

Book In the Penal Colony

Download or read book In the Penal Colony written by Franz Kafka and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-09-26 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Penal Colony Franz Kafka - "In the Penal Colony" ("In der Strafkolonie") (also translated as "In the Penal Settlement") is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. "In the Penal Colony" describes the last use of an elaborate torture and execution device that carves the sentence of the condemned prisoner on his skin before letting him die, all in the course of twelve hours. As the plot unfolds, the reader learns more and more about the machine, including its origin and original justification.

Book In the Penal Colony

    Book Details:
  • Author : Franz Kafka
  • Publisher : Sheba Blake Publishing
  • Release : 2017-04-19
  • ISBN : 3961893489
  • Pages : 43 pages

Download or read book In the Penal Colony written by Franz Kafka and published by Sheba Blake Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Penal Colony is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. "In the Penal Colony" describes the last use of an elaborate torture and execution device that carves the sentence of the condemned prisoner on his skin before letting him die, all in the course of twelve hours. As the plot unfolds, the reader learns more and more about the machine, including its origin and original justification. The story focuses on the Explorer, who is encountering the brutal machine for the first time. Everything about the machine and its purpose is told to him by the Officer. The Soldier and the Condemned (who is unaware that he has been sentenced to die) placidly watch from nearby. The Officer tells of the religious epiphany the executed experience in their last six hours in the machine. Eventually, it becomes clear that the use of the machine and its associated process of justice – the accused is always instantly found guilty, and the law he has broken is inscribed on his body as he slowly dies over a period of 12 hours – has fallen out of favor with the current Commandant. The Officer is nostalgic regarding the torture machine and the values that were initially associated with it. As the last proponent of the machine, he strongly believes in its form of justice and the infallibility of the previous Commandant, who designed and built the device. In fact, the Officer carries its blueprints with him and is the only person who can properly decipher them; no one else is allowed to handle these documents.

Book Selected Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : Franz Kafka
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2024-05-21
  • ISBN : 0674737989
  • Pages : 299 pages

Download or read book Selected Stories written by Franz Kafka and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected Stories by Franz Kafka offers new renderings of the author’s finest work. Mark Harman’s English translations convey the uniqueness of Kafka’s German—the wit, irony, and cadence. Expert annotations illuminate Kafka’s cultural allusions and wordplay, while a biographical introduction places the man and his work in historical context.

Book Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature  Vol 1

Download or read book Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Vol 1 written by R. Reginald and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.

Book In the Penal Colony

    Book Details:
  • Author : Franz Kafka
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-04-29
  • ISBN : 9781511841825
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book In the Penal Colony written by Franz Kafka and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Support Struggle for Public Domain: like and share http://facebook.com/BookLiberationFront "In the Penal Colony" ("In der Strafkolonie") (also translated as "In the Penal Settlement") is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence.As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. In the Penal Colony describes the last use of an elaborate torture and execution device that carves the sentence of the condemned prisoner on his skin before letting him die, all in the course of twelve hours. As the plot unfolds, the reader learns more and more about the machine, including its origin and original justification.

Book The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation

Download or read book The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation written by Peter France and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written by a team of experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which translation has brought the major literature of the world into English-speaking culture. Part I discusses theoretical issues and gives an overview of the history of translation into English. Part II, the bulk of the work, arranged by language of origin, offers critical discussions, with bibliographies, of the translation history of specific texts (e.g. the Koran, the Kalevala), authors (e.g. Lucretius, Dostoevsky), genres (e.g. Chinese poetry, twentieth-century Italian prose) and national literatures (e.g. Hungarian, Afrikaans).

Book The Routledge Encyclopedia of Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century

Download or read book The Routledge Encyclopedia of Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century written by Sorrel Kerbel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 1394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback for the first time, Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century is both a comprehensive reference resource and a springboard for further study. This volume: examines canonical Jewish writers, less well-known authors of Yiddish and Hebrew, and emerging Israeli writers includes entries on figures as diverse as Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, Tristan Tzara, Eugene Ionesco, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Arthur Miller, Saul Bellow, Nadine Gordimer, and Woody Allen contains introductory essays on Jewish-American writing, Holocaust literature and memoirs, Yiddish writing, and Anglo-Jewish literature provides a chronology of twentieth-century Jewish writers. Compiled by expert contributors, this book contains over 330 entries on individual authors, each consisting of a biography, a list of selected publications, a scholarly essay on their work and suggestions for further reading.

Book Jan Paerl  a Khoikhoi in Cape Colonial Society  1761 1851

Download or read book Jan Paerl a Khoikhoi in Cape Colonial Society 1761 1851 written by Russel Stafford Viljoen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this biography of the Khoikhoi Jan Paerl (1761-1851) light is being shed on a new form of resistance against colonial domination in Cape society. It emphasizes Khoikhoi colonial encounters and incorporates themes such as millenarian beliefs, identities, master-servant relations, indentured labour and the appropriation of mission Christianity.

Book The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov  Plays  Short Stories  Diary   Letters  Unabridged

Download or read book The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov Plays Short Stories Diary Letters Unabridged written by Anton Chekhov and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-12 with total page 3719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov: Plays, Short Stories, Diary & Letters (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is often referred to as one of the seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. He made no apologies for the difficulties he posed to the readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them.

Book The Body of Nature and Culture

Download or read book The Body of Nature and Culture written by R. Giblett and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship of human bodies with natural and cultural environments, arguing that these categories are linked and intertwined. It argues for an environmentally sustainable and healthy relationship between the body and the earth.

Book The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov  Plays  Novellas  Short Stories  Diary   Letters

Download or read book The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov Plays Novellas Short Stories Diary Letters written by Anton Chekhov and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 8600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is often referred to as one of the seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. He made no apologies for the difficulties he posed to the readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. Content: Introduction: Biography by Constance Garnett Novel: The Shooting Party Plays: On the High Road Swan Song Ivanoff Anniversary Jubilee Proposal Wedding Bear Boor Seagull Reluctant Hero Uncle Vanya Three Sisters Cherry Orchard On the Harmfulness of Tobacco Wood Demon Novellas and Short Stories: Living Chattel Bliss Joy At The Barber's Enigmatic Nature Classical Student Matter of Classics Death of A Government Clerk Daughter of Albion Trousseau Inquiry Fat and Thin Tragic Actor Slanderer Bird Market Choristers Album Minds in Ferment Chameleon In The Graveyard Oysters Swedish Match Safety Match The Marshal's Widow Small Fry In an Hotel Boots Nerves Country Cottage Malingerers Fish Horsey Name Gone Astray Huntsman Malefactor Father of the Family Dead Body Cook's Wedding In A Strange Land Overdoing It Old Age Sorrow Oh! The Public Mari D'Elle The Looking-Glass Art A Blunder Children Misery Upheaval Actor's End The Requiem Anyuta Ivan Matveyitch The Witch Story Without an End Joke Agafya Nightmare Grisha Love Easter Eve Ladies Strong Impressions Gentleman Friend Happy Man Privy Councillor Day in the Country At a Summer Villa Panic Fears Chemist's Wife Not Wanted Chorus Girl Schoolmaster Troublesome Visitor Husband Misfortune Pink Stocking Martyrs First-Class Passenger Talent Dependents Jeune Premier In The Dark Trivial Incident Tripping Tongue Trifle from Life Difficult People In the Court Peculiar Man Mire Dreams Hush ...

Book The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Clute
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 1999-03-15
  • ISBN : 9780312198695
  • Pages : 1110 pages

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Fantasy written by John Clute and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-03-15 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like its companion volume, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", this massive reference of 4,000 entries covers all aspects of fantasy, from literature to art.