The Judgement - Franz Kafka
Just as usual I am dumbstruck as to what was that? Surrealism is at its best(or worst) in Kafka.
This is the story of a father and son, but the central character is the son's friend who is in St.Petersburg. The son writes a letter to his friend, who is presented as looser to us thru the son's thoughts, to break the news of his engagement to a girl from a "well-to-do" family. He goes to his widower father to inform him about sending the letter. It is then that the "Kafkaesque" situations take the lead. Then you are lost wondering what happened.
I am still finding it difficult to adjust to the Kafka way of leaving the reader to imagine the reasons behind the conclusion of the story. Yet I must admit, every sentence written by him, makes me addictive to his stories.
This story presents the ultimate contemt towards a son by his father, which leaves the son in a profound confusion. And that is what happened to me too.
Just as usual I am dumbstruck as to what was that? Surrealism is at its best(or worst) in Kafka.
This is the story of a father and son, but the central character is the son's friend who is in St.Petersburg. The son writes a letter to his friend, who is presented as looser to us thru the son's thoughts, to break the news of his engagement to a girl from a "well-to-do" family. He goes to his widower father to inform him about sending the letter. It is then that the "Kafkaesque" situations take the lead. Then you are lost wondering what happened.
I am still finding it difficult to adjust to the Kafka way of leaving the reader to imagine the reasons behind the conclusion of the story. Yet I must admit, every sentence written by him, makes me addictive to his stories.
This story presents the ultimate contemt towards a son by his father, which leaves the son in a profound confusion. And that is what happened to me too.
posted by Dew Drops at 3:27 AM
3 Comments:
i chose my author as Kafka for an assignment ( pick an author and describe how he uses language to des ribe the world), and it wasnt easy.....
For me, Kafka has been the most cryptic author i've ever read...man, so many interpretations from jsut a single line! language being so powerful, u being so powerless, it drives u crazy at times ...
if u get a chance, do read "metamorphosis" and "the hunger artist"... was fun reading ur other blog, if ug et a chance, do visit mine, pretty innocuous in comparison to the magnanimous stature of ur blog, but worth a visit i promise :D
@abhay
true!!!!!!!
metamorphosis my all time favorite. i have written about it. may b u can c my archves.
i have recdently bought a copy of "the hunger artist". yet to read.
Did you try "Githanjali Express"
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