Contributions

  • Crumb, R. - Contributor

Publication

1994 - Kitchen Sink Press, Northampton, MA, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

43,750 words, Guess

Page Count

175 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads143287
  • LibraryThing172538

Classifications

  • DDC833/.912
  • LCCPT2621.A26 Z7697 1994
  • DDCB

Alternate Titles

  • Kafka for beginners.

Description

Introducing Kafka, also known as R. Crumb's Kafka, is an illustrated biography of Franz Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz and Robert Crumb. The book includes comic adaptations of some of Kafka's most famous works including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, and The Judgment, as well as brief sketches of his three novels The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. The book also details Kafka's biography in a format that is part illustrated essay, part sequential comic panels. The book focuses on the biographical details of Kafka's life, interspersed with illustrated vignettes from his writing. The author relates Kafka's personality and various incidents in his life to the composition of his stories. For example, Kafka's complicated relationship with his family is linked to stories where the main character is an animal – notably The Metamorphosis, whose protagonist, Gregor Samsa, awakens to find himself transformed into a giant bug, and becomes a burden on his family.

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  • Introducing KafkaKitchen Sink Press1994-01-01

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