Description of a Struggle

by Franz Kafka

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Description of a Struggle is a three-part story written by Franz Kafka between 1903 and 1907. It constitutes his oldest surviving work and was only published after his death. The first and third sections describe Prague society- and night-life from the point of view of the author and his acquaintance. The central section can be viewed as a fantastical dream sequence divided into several sub-sections.

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Devoted fans of Kafka will find these stories interesting because they illustrate the range of his imagination. Capricious and impossible events occur often alongside the mundane, keeping the reader off balance. Some of the stories have amusing elements, but most of the material is dark and ominous. Those seeking an introduction to Kafka should probably read The Trial rather than this collection.
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Franz Kafka, 1901 yılında Altstädter Gymnasium lisesini bitirdikten sonra babasının isteği üzerine Prag?daki Karl Ferdinand Üniversitesi’nin Hukuk Fakültesi’ne girdi. Hukuk eğitimi esnasında özellikle edebiyata ilgi duydu ve Alman edebiyatı derslerini takip etmeye başladı. ?Bir Savaşın Tasviri? adlı ilk eserini bu dönemde yazdı.

Bu kitapta yer alan 34 anlatı, özünde yalnız olan bireyin, “kafkaesk” dünyanın çıkmaz sokaklarında var olma çabasını gözler önüne seriyor. Kafka, varoluşun karanlık boyutlarını, kendisinden ne önce ne de sonra hiçbir yazarın ulaşamadığı bir yoğunlukta tasvir ediyor.
Kahramanları kadar yalnız olan Kafka, 20. yüzyıl edebiyatını derinden etkilemiştir. Onun show more eserinde bireyin korkuları, umutsuzlukları, açmazları tematik bir çokkatmanlılık içinde duru bir dille işlenmiştir. show less

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Franz Kafka -- July 3, 1883 - June 3, 1924 Franz Kafka was born to middle-class Jewish parents in Prague, Czechoslovakia on July 3, 1883. He received a law degree at the University of Prague. After performing an obligatory year of unpaid service as law clerk for the civil and criminal courts, he obtained a position in the workman's compensation show more division of the Austrian government. Always neurotic, insecure, and filled with a sense of inadequacy, his writing is a search for personal fulfillment and understanding. He wrote very slowly and deliberately, publishing very little in his lifetime. At his death he asked a close friend to burn his remaining manuscripts, but the friend refused the request. Instead the friend arranged for publication Kafka's longer stories, which have since brought him worldwide fame and have influenced many contemporary writers. His works include The Metamorphosis, The Castle, The Trial, and Amerika. Kafka was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in August 1917. As his disease progressed, his throat became affected by the TB and he could not eat regularly because it was painful. He died from starvation in a sanatorium in Kierling, near Vienna, after admitting himself for treatment there on April 10, 1924. He died on June 3 at the age of 40. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
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833Literature & rhetoricGerman & related literaturesGerman fiction
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PT2621 .A26 .B34Language and LiteratureGerman, Dutch and Scandinavian literaturesGerman literatureIndividual authors or works1860/70-1960
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