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by Roberto Calasso (Author), Geoffrey Brock (Translator)
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd; First Edition edition (1 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0224071920
  • ISBN-13: 978-0224071925
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.6 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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'quietly complex, imaginative work’ --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


Independent, 25 October 2006

'expert writer about myth.. a loving attention to detail.. shows
how funny he can often be'
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a reader from finland, 13 Dec 2007
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I am not a fan of Kafka, but the perspective Calasso offers has made me see what i could not see in Kafka's own texts. Utterly thrilling to be led to see treasures in something one has already (figuratively) thrown on the garbage heap. Kafka's sickly/neurotic aura has been an obstacle to me: i have only seen the symptoms. Calasso makes visible the wholeness in which the dis-ease/text/art is an expression of the rift in the center of human life. A rift that only the sensitive used to feel - now this dis-ease is affecting almost everyone. The invisible world haunts us, in spite of all the matter we fling at that black hole. Calasso shows Kafka as a mapmaker of the border to... what? Gods, the unknown, the unapproachable, the mystery. A thoroughly juicy and recommended read for those who care for the mysteries of life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful appreciation of Kafka, 6 Jan 2009
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Calasso can be a difficult writer to read. He is theoretical. But once you get into the pace of the book it is a pleasant read as well as inspirational with its insights.
The focus is on the novels, particularly The Castle and The Trial.
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