Last word - Nabokov's final book Nov 21, 2009
He makes an analogy with Franz Kafka who "had deliberately charged Max Brod with the destruction of published and unpublished pieces, knowing full well that Brod could never bring himself to carry out the task". In an interview, Dmitri says he found the decision agonising and as late as last year he was leaning towards burning The Original of Laura. (BBC News -- Europe)
What Happens to a Nation's Culture When Its Jews Are Killed? Nov 19, 2009
Native son Franz Kafka, whose work was banned during much of the Communist period, is now iconic. His name and face are everywhere, and a new Kafka-themed museum recently opened near the Charles Bridge. (Slate)
I Made a Stop-Motion Animation Movie. You Could Say It's Surrealistic. Nov 18, 2009
The next day, I decided to do another incised portrait, so I started a pencil drawing of Franz Kafka. I got so absorbed that I spent the full three hours sketching, while Rachel made an abstract painting inspired by Prague's cobblestones, and Francesco did a tempera landscape of a bird's eye view of Prague that was better than anything we later saw at the National Gallery. (Slate)
A Place So Beautifully Sad, It Makes Me Want To Paint Nov 17, 2009
Since I descend from gloomy people who came from gloomy places, I was drawn to Prague, a city where Franz Kafka wrote the story of a man who awoke one morning to find he'd become a bug. The Artbreak vacation had an appealing structure: making art in the studio each morning, sightseeing in the afternoon, and attending great performances in the evening. (Slate)
* [BOOKS] Nabokovs unfinished novel to be published next week Nov 10, 2009
Franz Kafka asked his friend Max Brod to destroy all his unpublished work, including The Trial. But instead the book was published posthumously. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Linguistic Affinity: No Angrezi, Please Nov 5, 2009
Franz Kafka, a great in European literature and a Czech, wrote his books not in his mother tongue, but in German. Similarly Arthur Koestler, Joseph Conrad and Jacob Bronowski, to mention only a few names, wrote theirs in languages that were not their mother tongues. (India Times, India)
Around Town: Wheelchair user facing some harsh conditions Nov 3, 2009
Unless Franz Kafka is writing the regulations, an indoor chair rolling down a hill toward a set of steps in Pittsburgh is not access to anything. Brian O'Neill can be reached at or 412-263-1947. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Kafka's `The Trial' Comes to Life in Israeli Court Battle Over His Papers Oct 20, 2009
The letters are extremely important to the ongoing work of the Kafka Project to recover the writings of Franz Kafka, stolen from Dora by the Gestapo in Berlin in 1933, said Diamant, who began studying Dora because they share a surname. Max Brod. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Mueller wins Nobel literary prize Oct 9, 2009
A bit like Franz Kafka writing in German in Prague, Mueller saw in her mother tongue a direct and poignant expression of alienation. Razia Iqbal, BBC Arts correspondent. (BBC News -- Europe)
Whats it like to be a teenager? Oct 3, 2009
Bessette is also working with another group of students for a piece called The Metamorphosis, written by Franz Kafka, which is a story about a young man who turns into a giant bug and must deal with a life of isolation and prejudice. Both performances will be shown during the Campbell County High School State Drama Showcase at 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at the North Campus auditorium. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Der Spiegel reports: Oct 1, 2009
Before his death in 1924, Franz Kafka left his papers to Max Brod who rushed them out of Czechoslovakia ahead of the advancing Nazis ... Brod is primarily known as Franz Kafka's friend, mentor and biographer ... There are definitely unpublished drawings by Franz Kafka, says the German publisher Wagenbach. (Harper's Magazine)
Provocative Serious Man asks big questions Sep 30, 2009
If Philip Roth and Franz Kafka sat down to write an adaptation of the Book of Job, the result might be something like A Serious Man, the thought-provoking new film from Joel and Ethan Coen. Viewers are advised to go out for coffee afterward to discuss just what happened and why and what it all means. (MSNBC -- Movies)
24 South St. Notebook Sep 18, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:50 PM EDT. The address for Auburn's Memorial City Hall on South Street is familiar to many follower's of the city's government and its political scene. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Reading Kafka Improves Learning, Suggests Psychology Study Sep 17, 2009
16, 2009) Reading a book by Franz Kafka or watching a film by director David Lynch could make you smarter. See also. (Science Daily)
Strong adult themes Sep 11, 2009
With a storyline like that, it is easy to understand why Keret has been compared with both Kurt Vonnegut and Franz Kafka. By taking six of Keret's stories and blending them into a coherent single narrative, Rosenthal admits she was influenced greatly by Robert Altman's Short Cuts, which did the same with a number of Raymond Carver's short stories. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
20 actors who know the meaning of range Aug 23, 2009
Franz Kafka, Kafka, 1991. Visionary author. (Boston Globe)
Read Indepth Article Aug 18, 2009
The film is based on Franz Kafka's great masterpiece 'The Trial' and is being produced and directed by Shaun Garea of Estrada Productions ... A DREAM OF DARK COLOURS is a feature film base on The Trial by Franz Kafka and is produced by Shaun Garea and Keith Morant ... Franz Kafka (Aphorisms). (AbsoluteArts.com)
One West Roxbury boys summer Aug 14, 2009
When I walk in, Jean-Paul Sartre, Rumi, Franz Kafka, Khaled Hosseini and many more call to me, telling me: Wait. You haven t read my other book yet. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
Guatemalan's 'tweet' may make him a jailbird Jun 27, 2009
Kafkaesque situationFor Anleu a geeky computer enthusiast whose passions include playing chess and reading Czech author Franz Kafka life has taken on some disturbing parallels to Kafka's "The Trial," whose protagonist struggles to defend himself against the power of the state. "I fear I'm being watched and scrutinized in everything I say and do," said Anleu, who walks around with an iPhone to constantly tweet and a BlackBerry loaded with e-books. (MSNBC -- Technology)
For ‘$9.99,’ animated characters and story lines Jun 26, 2009
99, first-time feature director Tatia Rosenthal draws divine inspiration from the popular short stories of Etgar Keret, whose imaginative, irreverent ruminations have earned him comparisons to Kurt Vonnegut, Franz Kafka, and Woody Allen. Keret s film resum. (Boston Globe)
Parents Demand Accountability in Ch... Jun 24, 2009
In general, some agencies have cumbersome processes that involve many steps and myriad rules that simulate a Franz Kafka novel. Apart from Newfoundland, Ontario is the only province that does not allow its Ombudsman to deal with complaints about children's aid societies. (Suite101.com)
The Myth of Gabriel Garca Mrquez May 19, 2009
He would combine, as he frequently said, the narrative tone of his grandmother with that of Franz Kafka. She told fantastic stories as if they were true, because for her, they were true. (Slate)
Ian M. Banks May 3, 2009
They re not all literary, but: Brian Aldiss, Jane Austen, Samuel Beckett (Watt and Murphy in particular), Saul Bellow, Alfred Bester (especially Tiger, Tiger), Enid Blyton, Jorge Luis Borges, John Brunner (especially Stand On Zanzibar), Noam Chomsky, Arthur C. Clarke, Leonard Cohen (Beautiful Losers and The Favourite Game), Ivor Cutler (Life in a Scotch Sitting Room), Samuel Delaney, T. S. Eliot (especially The Waste Land), Gunter Grass (the early works, especially The Tin Drum), Robert Graves,... (Suite101.com)
Art's Great Whodunit: The Mona Lisa Theft of 1911 Apr 28, 2009
Art's Great Whodunit: The Theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 - TIME. Yet it has frequently been assumed to be true by authors writing about the case. (Time.com)
Franz Kafka Museum, Prague Apr 19, 2009
The Franz Kafka Museum is open daily from 10am-6pm. The copyright of the article Franz Kafka Museum, Prague in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Anxious apes and giant insects: Kafka's uneasy visions Apr 14, 2009
Franz Kafka was a man of peculiar habits. An insomniac who lived with his parents for most of his life, the Czech fiction writer would sit at his desk from 10pm to dawn writing stories in one long outpouring. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A dark lyricism fills composer Goebbels's 'I went to the house' Apr 6, 2009
Goebbels has set passages from the works of T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka, and Samuel Beckett. The texts themselves are reflections - sometimes thorny, occasionally impenetrable - on aging, mortality, and various dark 20th-century themes, yet Goebbels and his set designer Klaus Gr. (Boston Globe)
Czech novelist among nominees for Man Booker Int'l Prize Mar 19, 2009
Last year, he was the Laureate of the International Literary Franz Kafka Prize. Editor: Xiong Tong. (Xinhuanet, China)
Explore Prague, the capital of Czech Republic Mar 7, 2009
What better reason then to wing off to the country of Franz Kafka, Budweiser, Prague Castle, pork neck , Bohemian crystal and the sugar cube. In fact thats what I thought of during most of the one-and-a-half hour flight from Paris to the Czech capital. (India Times)
* [ART JOURNAL] The caged man sings Mar 4, 2009
Like Franz Kafka says, you have to take an ax to the frozen sea in peoples hearts. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
11 Things: LitPunk Feb 27, 2009
"Franz Kafka - he died miserable and alone with nothing published, sure that his existence had no value whatsoever. Sounds pretty punk to me!". 5. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Castles, courtly love in the Rhine Valley Feb 17, 2009
Franz Kafka lived in the hotel building in 1912, as did his longtime friend Max Brod. Outside, the weather has turned cool and crisp. (CNN -- Travel)
Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis Feb 14, 2009
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is an endearing tale of Gregor who transforms into a gigantic insect. The physical transformation however merely reflects his inner state. (Suite101.com)
