Betrachtung by Franz Kafka
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"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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About this eBook
| Author | Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 |
|---|---|
| Title | Betrachtung |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemplation_(short_story_collection) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrachtung_(Kafka) |
| Credits |
Produced by Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| 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 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 23532 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-23532-5 |
| Release Date | Nov 18, 2007 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1924 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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