Masterpieces of world literature
Amerika: The Missing Person by Franz Kafka
Kafka's nightmare vision of the modern world is, on the face of it, a
laugh-out-loud satirical romp, but it contains a darker subtext and warnings for us all.
Letter to the Father by Franz Kafka
A deep-seated sense of injustice drove Kafka to write a letter to his
father in which he blamed him for his deficiencies as a son. In doing
so, the author gives us the most revealing portrait of himself...
Franz Kafka's Diaries
In chronicling his own life, Franz Kafka offers some valuable insights
into both his work and his psychology. His diaries include observations on life,
early drafts of his stories and some intensely moving reflections on his own failings.
Franz Kafka's Letters to Felice
Between 1912 and 1917 Franz Kafka and Felice Bauer wrote hundreds of
letters to one another in the course of a love affair that would mark the author
and his work for the rest of his life. Kafka's letters to Felice
provide no only a moving account of a doomed love affair, they
also shed considerable light on the writer's mind and character.
Letters to Friends, Family and Editors
After the death of his friend Franz Kafka, Max Brod
arranged the publication of his great novels, unpublished stories and
numerous letters. In his letters to his friends and family, Kafka
reveals his most humane and amiable side, always willing to
comfort others and participate fully in intellectual exchanges.
In the course of this intense correspondence, spanning over twenty years,
Kafka paints a likeable self-portrait that we cannot help falling in love with.
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Céline's semi-autobiographical first novel is an essential work in
absurdist literature and became one of the most influential works of the
20th century - a harrowing yet blisteringly honest account of man's failure to
face up to the responsibilities of his existence.
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
In his most poignant, most beautifully crafted novel,
Hermann Hesse weaves a compelling quest fable in which two contrasting
individuals - a devoted monk and a pleasure-seeking wayfarer -
follow very different paths towards personal fulfilment.
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf's novel
Mrs Dalloway is a landmark in English modernist
literature. The most accessible and inspired of Woolf's great novels,
it serves up a savage critique of London society in the 1920s and contemporary
attitudes towards mental illness - an absorbing and powerfully moving work.
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