K - Couverture rigide

Roberto, Calasso

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0224071920 ISBN 13 : 9780224071925

Editeur : Jonathan Cape, 2005

Synopsis

From the internationally acclaimed author of Cadmus and Harmony and Ka: an utterly original, fascinating interpretation of the work of Franz Kafka that is simultaneously an unprecedented exploration into the mystery of Kafka himself. What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that happen everyday? But where and when? Countless answers have been offered, but the question still arouses feelings of acute uncertainty. Many solutions have been proposed, but the essential mystery remains intact. In this remarkable book, Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be illuminated by its own light. To that end, with his unique vision, imagination, and intellectual acumen, Calasso attempts to enter the flow, the tortuous movement, the physiology of the stories to discover what they are meant to signify and to delve into the most basic question along the way: Who is K.? The culmination of the author's lifelong fascination with Kafka, K. is a book of significant literary importance, the fourth part in a work in progress of which the previous volumes are The Ruin of Kasch, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, and Ka.

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À propos de l'auteur

Roberto Calasso is the author of The Ruin of Kasch, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony and Ka; K. is the fourth book in this series. He has also written The Forty-Nine Steps and Literature and the Gods. He lives in Milan and is the publisher of Adelphi.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jonathan Cape
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0224071920
• ISBN 13: 9780224071925
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible