tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204581716107004836.post6030522183521127216..comments2023-05-22T08:11:05.784-04:00Comments on A Valdese Blog: Oh man, not Kafka againA Valdese Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303901517157716136noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204581716107004836.post-26715410254077426532010-05-15T21:36:09.036-04:002010-05-15T21:36:09.036-04:00Jennifer: I have never read the hunger artist. In ...Jennifer: I have never read the hunger artist. In a way I do "enjoy" Kafka, but it's definitely in quotes.A Valdese Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303901517157716136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204581716107004836.post-29403470733528650022010-05-13T22:15:41.164-04:002010-05-13T22:15:41.164-04:00I remember reading -- and enjoying, if I can use t...I remember reading -- and enjoying, if I can use that word, The Hunger Artist. But that's the extent of my Kafka experience.jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07959874504681715396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204581716107004836.post-19598342218921081912010-05-11T09:58:06.333-04:002010-05-11T09:58:06.333-04:00PA: I don't know. I keep trying. It's lik...PA: I don't know. I keep trying. It's like bouncing my head against a wall tho.<br /><br />linlah: Metamorphisis - I remember at some point I just had to let go and realize, our protagonist isn't dreaming, isn't delusional, isn't having a psychotic episode, he has actually turned into a good sized bug, and everybody knows it. That did not make the story less weird.<br /><br />Sheila: Hello, thanks for commenting! And thanks for the info. I knew he lived in Prague and for some reason I thought he wrote in German, but didn't know why I thought that. If he's more difficult to read in German, then heaven help them.A Valdese Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303901517157716136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204581716107004836.post-8039978794550699862010-05-11T05:23:52.489-04:002010-05-11T05:23:52.489-04:00I've never made any real attempt to read Kafka...I've never made any real attempt to read Kafka, but by coincidence I was in Prague recently and went to see his house. The guide told us he wrote in German because Prague was in Bohmeia, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time. I don't know how reliable the guide was because he also told us Kafka was much easier to read in English. Right.Sheila @ A Postcard a Dayhttp://apostcardaday.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204581716107004836.post-64075150031519533722010-05-10T22:45:59.079-04:002010-05-10T22:45:59.079-04:00I tried to fake my way through Metamorphisis in a ...I tried to fake my way through Metamorphisis in a speech class in college. It did not go well.linlahhttp://corn-bean.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204581716107004836.post-91239411292764154912010-05-09T21:52:29.707-04:002010-05-09T21:52:29.707-04:00I tried, I tried. I read part of that bug story. ...I tried, I tried. I read part of that bug story. I cannot read anymore Kafka. Perhaps it is too late in life to take on that big a challenge. Good luck, and be sure to update your "books read in 2010" with that other one you just finished.Patti Annenoreply@blogger.com