- Taschenbuch: 216 Seiten
- Verlag: New Directions; Auflage: New edition (Mai 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0811215695
- ISBN-13: 978-0811215695
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,3 x 13,3 x 1,7 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.752.344 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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A new translation of Kafka's unfinished 1927 novel in which young Karl Rossman, banished to America, embarks on a series of misadventures during which he sees the nation from a range of perspectives before landing at the Great Nature Theater of Oklahoma.
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As the seventeen-year-old Karl Rossmann, who had been sent to America by his unfortunate parents because a maid had seduced him and had a child by him, sailed slowly into New York harbour, he suddenly saw the Statue of Liberty, which had already been in view for some time, as though in an intenser sunlight. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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As the seventeen-year-old Karl Rossmann, who had been sent to America by his unfortunate parents because a maid had seduced him and had a child by him, sailed slowly into New York harbour, he suddenly saw the Statue of Liberty, which had already been in view for some time, as though in an intenser sunlight. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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ignore the haters--this book is great!
10. August 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
this book is a delight from beginning to end. it's unfinished, but so are all of kafka's novels (and many of his stories). He was a divinely inspired dilettante, not a professional writer; his stuff should be read the way one reads chaotic, fragmented ancient texts like gilgamesh or the book of genesis, as opposed to polished, narratively coherent modern fiction.
Amerika is by far kafka's most cheerful book. it has his usual themes of elusive acceptance alternating with alienation, but it's quite silly and charming. it's full of absurd situations and odd details, such as perpetual strikers picketing in the streets, an impossibly complicated mechanical desk and a pair of straight-out-of-central-casting crooks. it's a wild european projection of what america was about at the dawn of the modern age.
Amerika is by far kafka's most cheerful book. it has his usual themes of elusive acceptance alternating with alienation, but it's quite silly and charming. it's full of absurd situations and odd details, such as perpetual strikers picketing in the streets, an impossibly complicated mechanical desk and a pair of straight-out-of-central-casting crooks. it's a wild european projection of what america was about at the dawn of the modern age.
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Good for the Initiated, but Read Kafka's Other Works First
12. Juni 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
Kafka never finished this novel--his first--and proceeded to write two of the best novels ever written in any language (The Castle and The Trial). Amerika seems, therefore, not to warrant much attention from the casual reader. Kafka's style, which is unrefined even in Kafka's greatest works, will seem downright coarse, almost as if Kafka never intended for anyone to read the novel. He didn't.
Long narrations, tortuous and confusing descriptive passages, and a dearth of action and plot characterize the novel, and may put off all but the most determined readers. Kafka offsets the novel's flaws, however, by constructing a captivating world for his protagonist, Karl Rossman, to inhabit.
The plot is easy to summarize: Karl Rossman is banished to America, and tries to secure a stable position for himself in his new homeland. Kafka's novel is a meditation on the ironies of liberty, autonomy, and status. He takes us inside Karl's mind to reveal the countless deliberations and reflections that lead to independent decisions, but the decisions never generate the desired outcomes in his new homeland.
Unaccustomed to freedom, Karl makes good, bad, and worse decisions, which direct him to experience the highest and lowest echelons of American society. He lives in a high-rise apartment, stands on a balcony amid skyscrapers, and reflects on the unfathomable network of commerce and traffic teeming below him. Conversely, Karl finds himself relegated to sleep on another high-rise balcony, as the servant of Karl's vagabond acquaintance and his fat mistress.
Somewhere in between, Karl works as an Elevator Attendant in a massive hotel, and continuously moves up and down between floors. Much as in the real present-day America, status is precarious in Kafka's novel. Karl's position rises and falls as quickly as the hotel elevators that he attends to, and he has little or no control over which direction he goes. Karl's destination is determined largely by the whims and preferences of others.
Kafka's brilliant meditations on the ironies of modern life are forward thinking and profound. Readers looking for an introduction to Kafka would be well served to start with the short stories or meditations, and to move along to the novels afterwards. I recommend this novel to anyone seeking a greater understanding of Kafka's works, but only if you've already read and liked his other work.
Long narrations, tortuous and confusing descriptive passages, and a dearth of action and plot characterize the novel, and may put off all but the most determined readers. Kafka offsets the novel's flaws, however, by constructing a captivating world for his protagonist, Karl Rossman, to inhabit.
The plot is easy to summarize: Karl Rossman is banished to America, and tries to secure a stable position for himself in his new homeland. Kafka's novel is a meditation on the ironies of liberty, autonomy, and status. He takes us inside Karl's mind to reveal the countless deliberations and reflections that lead to independent decisions, but the decisions never generate the desired outcomes in his new homeland.
Unaccustomed to freedom, Karl makes good, bad, and worse decisions, which direct him to experience the highest and lowest echelons of American society. He lives in a high-rise apartment, stands on a balcony amid skyscrapers, and reflects on the unfathomable network of commerce and traffic teeming below him. Conversely, Karl finds himself relegated to sleep on another high-rise balcony, as the servant of Karl's vagabond acquaintance and his fat mistress.
Somewhere in between, Karl works as an Elevator Attendant in a massive hotel, and continuously moves up and down between floors. Much as in the real present-day America, status is precarious in Kafka's novel. Karl's position rises and falls as quickly as the hotel elevators that he attends to, and he has little or no control over which direction he goes. Karl's destination is determined largely by the whims and preferences of others.
Kafka's brilliant meditations on the ironies of modern life are forward thinking and profound. Readers looking for an introduction to Kafka would be well served to start with the short stories or meditations, and to move along to the novels afterwards. I recommend this novel to anyone seeking a greater understanding of Kafka's works, but only if you've already read and liked his other work.
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Kafka in America
29. Juni 2009
Format:Taschenbuch
The life and times of young Karl Rossman as he comes to America. This book is often said to be un-Kafka like in that it is filled with people, places and lyrical descriptive prose, but -still-the only way I can think of to decribe the reading experience is 'Kafkaesque'! It is still drenched in Kafkas preoccupations;guilt through innocent misunderstanding or the machinations of unknown enemies;the way our lives are dominated and crushed by circumstances outside of our control.
This book is eminently readable,the slightly surreal nature of Karls experiences adding to the picture Kafka builds up of a man being swallowed up by life.
Unfinished,the book concludes somewhat disjointedly with Karl as a servant/slave,but the book includes the wonderful 'Theatre of Oklahoma' allegory-perhaps Kafkas and Europes dream of what America is or was.
This book is eminently readable,the slightly surreal nature of Karls experiences adding to the picture Kafka builds up of a man being swallowed up by life.
Unfinished,the book concludes somewhat disjointedly with Karl as a servant/slave,but the book includes the wonderful 'Theatre of Oklahoma' allegory-perhaps Kafkas and Europes dream of what America is or was.
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