Betrachtung by Franz Kafka

"Betrachtung" by Franz Kafka is a collection of eighteen short stories written between 1904 and 1912. These brief contemplations mark Kafka's first published book, capturing fleeting moments of childhood wonder, social anxiety, sudden awakenings, and the masks people wear. Through unnamed narrators and ambiguous encounters, Kafka explores the tension between innocence and awareness, authenticity and performance. Each miniature tale offers a glimpse into the peculiar consciousness that would define his later work—where ordinary situations reveal unexpected depths of alienation and self-discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924
Title Betrachtung
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemplation_(short_story_collection) Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrachtung_(Kafka)
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language German
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Short stories
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eBook-No. 23532
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Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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