by David Zane Mairowitz (Author), David Zane Mairowitz (Author), Robert Crumb (Drawings)
Kafka wrote in the tradition of the great Yiddish storytellers, whose stock-in-trade was bizarre fantasy, tainted with hilarity and self-abasement. What he brought to this tradition was, however, an almost unbearably expanded consciousness. Alienated from his roots, his family, his surroundings, and primarily from his own body, Kafka created a unique literary language in which to hide away, transforming himself into a cockroach, an ape, a dog, a mole or a circus artiste who starves himself to death before admiring crowds. This book, illustrated by the creator of Fritz the Cat , should help the reader to see beyond the cliche Kafkaesque and to peer through the glass wall at the unique creature on display there.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Publisher: Icon / Totem Books
Published: 1993
ISBN 10: 1874166099
ISBN 13: 9781874166092