Posts Tagged: kafka
the nocturnal applicant
excerpt from the Castle, the Eighteenth Chapter
K. refuses examination
Kafka, excerpt from The Castle, end of the Ninth chapter
David Foster Wallace on Kafka
“the horrific struggle to establish a human self results in a self whose humanity is inseparable from that horrific struggle. That our endless and impossible journey toward home is in fact our home.” – David Foster Wallace, Some Remarks on Kafka’s
David Foster Wallace on Kafka
“the horrific struggle to establish a human self results in a self whose humanity is inseparable from that horrific struggle. That our endless and impossible journey toward home is in fact our home.” – David Foster Wallace, Some Remarks on Kafka’s
Kafka – The Zürau Aphorisms
43. The dogs are still playing in the yard, but the quarry will not escape them, never mind how fast it is running through the forest already. 50. A man cannot live without a steady faith in something indestructible within
Kafka – The Zürau Aphorisms
43. The dogs are still playing in the yard, but the quarry will not escape them, never mind how fast it is running through the forest already. 50. A man cannot live without a steady faith in something indestructible within
Franz Kafka – The Blue Octavo Notebooks
THE FIRST NOTEBOOK “Everyone carries a room about inside him. This fact can even be proved by means of the sense of hearing. If someone walks fast and one pricks up one’s ears and listens, say in the night, when
Franz Kafka – The Blue Octavo Notebooks
THE FIRST NOTEBOOK “Everyone carries a room about inside him. This fact can even be proved by means of the sense of hearing. If someone walks fast and one pricks up one’s ears and listens, say in the night, when
Franz Kafka – The Burrow
“I live in peace in the inmost chamber of my house, and meanwhile the enemy may be burrowing his way slowly and stealthily straight toward me.” “And if a serious attack were attempted, what pattern of entrance at all would
Franz Kafka – The Burrow
“I live in peace in the inmost chamber of my house, and meanwhile the enemy may be burrowing his way slowly and stealthily straight toward me.” “And if a serious attack were attempted, what pattern of entrance at all would
view from a burrow 