The story of K and his arrival in a village where he is never accepted, and his relentless, unavailing struggle with authority in order to gain entrance to the castle that seems to rule it. K's isolation and perplexity, his begging for the approval of elu
This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he himself thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; Meditation, a collection of his earlier studies; The Judgement, written in a single night of frenzied creativity; The Stoker, the first chapter of a novel set in America and a fascinating occasional piece, and The Aeroplanes at Brescia, Kafka's eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.
Schlink, internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of "The Reader, " brings a sleek concision and moral acuity to these seven tales of modern men uneasily suspended between the desire for love and the impulse toward flight. Brooding, comic, and filled with psychological suspense, "Plights of Love" is nothing less than masterful.
Normalerweise gehen Kontrabässe unter im Orchester, es gibt keine Soloparts, höchstens Duos. Im Leben des Musikers ist der Kontrabaß Geliebte, Freund, Feind und Verhinderer des eigenbestimmten Weges. Soziale Analyse, Slapstick und Milieukomik und ein fest gespannter Bogen, der monologisch und entschlossen den Schwingungen des menschlichen Zusammenspiel(en)s nachstreicht.
Een jongeman kijkt terug op de relatie die hij tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog als 15-jarige had met een 36-jarige vrouw met geheimen.
Comment les amours naissent et finissent, quels détours elles empruntent pour s'abuser et se désabuser, se tromper et se détromper, voilà ce qu'éprouvent les sept protagonistes masculins de ces récits, souvent face à des femmes plus lucides et plus courageuses. Ces sept histoires sont de véritables romans, dont chacun met en jeu une vie entière.
