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Parables, Fragments, Aphorisms by Franz Kafka

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Book name: Parables, Fragments, Aphorisms (2024)
Category: Absurdist
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Language: German
Publication data: Jan. 1, 1935, midnight
This book is a collection of philosophical and existential musings, presented in the form of parables, fragments, and aphorisms. The work delves into the human condition, exploring themes of alienation, guilt, and the search for meaning in a seemingly incomprehensible world. The pieces are characterized by their brevity and depth, often leaving the reader with a sense of the uncanny and the profound. Through metaphor and succinct, thought-provoking statements, the author challenges readers to reflect on their own lives and the larger social and metaphysical systems that govern them. The 8055th greatest book of all time

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Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka

12 books

Prague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as " The Metamorphosis " (1916), and posthumously published novels, including The Trial (1925), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world.

Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature.

His stories include "The Metam… Read more