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The Saddest Bug in the World

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

January 31, 2019 by Ale 2 Comments

I read The Metamorphosis under great duress during both high school and undergrad. I remember despising it both times, and only reading enough to get through class discussion. But my mentor is teaching it this semester, and I’ve had no choice but to revisit it. It’s amazing how much perspective a decade and a half can give. I loved this novella, and aside from general immaturity and lack of language skills, I don’t know why I was so vehemently against this story in the past. Gregor the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: 20th Century literature, beetle, classic literature, kafka, Speculative Fiction, translations

Ale's CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: 20th Century literature, beetle, classic literature, kafka, Speculative Fiction, translations ·
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A Kafkaesque Nightmare

January 20, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 1 Comment

“Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”– George Orwell, 1984 Ben Franklin once said, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” It’s a sentiment this country has been at odds with since its inception, from the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Guantánamo Diary, kafka, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Non-Fiction, orwell, patriot act, terrorism, torture

expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:13 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Guantánamo Diary, kafka, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Non-Fiction, orwell, patriot act, terrorism, torture ·
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Rousseau, Holden Caulfield, and Ringo Star walk into a review…

January 6, 2016 by ingres77 16 Comments

Last year, my goal was to read a biography of every president. Well, I failed. I read 15 biographies (but two of George W. Bush). That goal is still in play this year, however. But my I’ve also given myself a new goal: to read more literature. I generally focus more on sci-fi/fantasy and history, and have found myself woefully inadequate in other areas. I’ve never read Jane Austen, or Tolstoy, or William Faulkner. I aim to remedy that in 2016. On it’s face, Metamorphosis […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Catcher in the Rye, insect, kafka, Rousseau

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Catcher in the Rye, insect, kafka, Rousseau ·
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The Trial cover

The Trial – Review #5 for AamilTheCamel

February 8, 2014 by AamilTheCamel Leave a Comment

The court doesn’t want anything from you. It accepts you when you come and it lets you go when you leave.

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, 130 challenge, book review, Fiction, kafka, surrealism, the trial

AamilTheCamel's CBR6 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, 130 challenge, book review, Fiction, kafka, surrealism, the trial ·
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