Metamorphoses

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'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba is an inspired guide and her book a pleasure to read.' Marina Warner'A rich account of what modern readers have made of Kafka ... finds room not only for the many sides of him but for a whole smrgsbord of legacies and afterlives that explode the clich of the Kafkaesque' ObserverFranz Kafka was one of the most influential, and enigmatic, writers of the twentieth century. His books, with their mysterious courts and monstrous insects, have had an influential reach across literature, music, art and film. But who, exactly, was Franz Kafka?Karolina Watroba tells Kafka's story beyond the boundaries of language, time and space, travelling from the Prague of Kafka's birth through the work of contemporary writers in East Asia, whose award-winning novels are in part homages to the great man himself.Metamorphoses is a non-chronological journey through Kafka's life, drawing together literary scholarship with the responses of his readers through time. It is a both an exploration of Kafka's life and an exciting new way of approaching literary history.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781800812758
Published: February 2025

Number of pages: 256
Width: 130 mm
Height: 200 mm
Depth: 15 mm

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd