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Available
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Collections
Publication
A New Directions Book, 2016
Library's review
99 weetjes, fragmenten (uit dagboeken, brieven, verhalen), anekdotes, 'tidbits' over en herinneringen aan leven en werk van Franz Kafka. Bevat veel, zoniet uitsluitend, informatie die ook elders te vinden is.
User reviews
LibraryThing member jcbrunner
Ninety-nine amusing and surprising stories about Kafka makes this collection a wonderful gift for Kafka enthusiasts who will, however, have heard a lot of them before. A German triumvirate has been mining all things Kafka for years, publishing every surviving scrap of paper, and every image
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remotely connected to the shy insurance clerk from Prague. Show Less
LibraryThing member stillatim
I really hope that coffee-table-books-about-modernist-writers becomes a profitable sub-genre, so I can go on reading pleasant books like this one. It's funny, touching, and wonderfully fanboyish; luckily, Stach knows everything (he wrote a three volume biography of Kafka, for goodness sake), so
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it's also informative and responsible. My only complaint is that quoted texts are presented in a sans-serif bold font. What the hell, typesetters? Show Less
Language
Original language
German
Original publication date
2016 (English translation)
2012
Physical description
21 p.; 20 cm
ISBN
9780811221238