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Kafka's Son

BuchGebunden
184 Seiten
Englisch
Seagull Books London Ltderschienen am26.01.2024
A posthumously published Hungarian masterpiece that reflects on fragmented lives.   Born in 1963, Szilárd Borbély emerged as one of the most important poets of post-communist Europe, exploring the themes of grief, memory, and trauma in his critically acclaimed work. Following the murder of his mother during a burglary in 2000, and the subsequent breakdown and death of his father, Borbély suffered from post-traumatic depression and tragically ended his own life in 2014. Among the manuscripts that Borbély left behind was Kafka´s Son, a fragmentary work, rendered still more fragmented through the author´s death. Through a series of haunting passages that explore early twentieth-century Prague, including the ruins of the ancient Jewish ghetto during the time of its demolition, Borbély inscribes the story of Franz Kafka and his father onto the city. We are used to hearing from Franz; here Hermann Kafka is also given a voice. The son, he tells us, is the life of the father. The father is the death of the son. By extension, then, this book is also an indirect telling of the story of Borbély and his father, and about sons and fathers in the Habsburg empire and the culture of brutality that defined Eastern Europe. A posthumously published Hungarian masterpiece, Kafka´s Son now appears in English in award-winning translator Ottilie Mulzet´s sensitive translation, a fragmentary yet iridescent work inviting us to reflect on our fragmented lives.mehr

Produkt

KlappentextA posthumously published Hungarian masterpiece that reflects on fragmented lives.   Born in 1963, Szilárd Borbély emerged as one of the most important poets of post-communist Europe, exploring the themes of grief, memory, and trauma in his critically acclaimed work. Following the murder of his mother during a burglary in 2000, and the subsequent breakdown and death of his father, Borbély suffered from post-traumatic depression and tragically ended his own life in 2014. Among the manuscripts that Borbély left behind was Kafka´s Son, a fragmentary work, rendered still more fragmented through the author´s death. Through a series of haunting passages that explore early twentieth-century Prague, including the ruins of the ancient Jewish ghetto during the time of its demolition, Borbély inscribes the story of Franz Kafka and his father onto the city. We are used to hearing from Franz; here Hermann Kafka is also given a voice. The son, he tells us, is the life of the father. The father is the death of the son. By extension, then, this book is also an indirect telling of the story of Borbély and his father, and about sons and fathers in the Habsburg empire and the culture of brutality that defined Eastern Europe. A posthumously published Hungarian masterpiece, Kafka´s Son now appears in English in award-winning translator Ottilie Mulzet´s sensitive translation, a fragmentary yet iridescent work inviting us to reflect on our fragmented lives.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-80309-268-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum26.01.2024
Seiten184 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 237 mm, Höhe 160 mm, Dicke 21 mm
Gewicht418 g
Artikel-Nr.60303806
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GenreRomane Hardcover

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
To the Reader From the Notes of Hermann Kafka and the StreetsKafka and My TwinKafka in the BathroomAn Evening StrollKafka and the Words Kafka at the Rabbi´sKafka WritesKafka and the LettersJourney to LeitmeritzMy Dear SonKafka by the WindowFelice and the ApplausePhotograph Taken with a FlashThe Cemetery of LanguageKafka and the BlindThe Enigma of the SphinxTiny Flowers on a Calico DressKafka and PalestineMy Dear SonLichtgasseA Gloomy DayThe Silence of NebuchadnezzarMemory of a NearnessKafka and the ColoursThe Married Couple, SnowKafka´s Fortieth BirthdayKafka and the BicycleThe Naked HandKafka on the BridgeConversation at the TableThe Fart The CaseMy Dear SonThe Civil ServantMy Dear SonTranslator´s Afterwordmehr

Autor

Szilárd Borbély was an authority on Hungarian literature of the late Baroque period as well as a writer and was widely considered to be one of the most important European poets of the post-Communist period.