tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post3725146464628065161..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: The castle of metaphoric destiniesRisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-56167300125531523282012-02-23T18:41:40.829+08:002012-02-23T18:41:40.829+08:00Great! I'm about to watch it. Thanks for the f...Great! I'm about to watch it. Thanks for the film. And for this post's title, inspired by your previous mention of the Calvino book.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-67554866111552491002012-02-22T07:37:59.659+08:002012-02-22T07:37:59.659+08:00A short film riffing off Kafka that might interest...A short film riffing off Kafka that might interest some of you - lots of doors http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi2772239129/Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-28873746682596437272012-02-19T01:18:31.610+08:002012-02-19T01:18:31.610+08:00Spot on! That was fun.Spot on! That was fun.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-90003314666697351032012-02-18T18:51:47.992+08:002012-02-18T18:51:47.992+08:00Tom - Grimm by name...
Rise - "I'm think...Tom - Grimm by name...<br /><br />Rise - "I'm thinking about students repeatedly defending their Kafka dissertations in front of a Castle-ish panel of academics. Scary.<br /><br />Funnily enough, I think you may enjoy my review(!) of 'The Trial'...<br /><br />http://tonysreadinglist.blogspot.com.au/2009/06/46-der-prozess-by-franz-kafka.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-62124206516052290922012-02-18T12:47:37.882+08:002012-02-18T12:47:37.882+08:00Tony, now I'm anticipating the theatrical piec...<b>Tony</b>, now I'm anticipating the theatrical piece you'll come up with for <i>The Unconsoled</i>. :p<br /><br /><i>You really could spend a lifetime analysing his work.</i><br /><br />True. I'm thinking about students repeatedly defending their Kafka dissertations in front of a Castle-ish panel of academics. Scary.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-86607666171189916382012-02-18T12:30:09.516+08:002012-02-18T12:30:09.516+08:00Tom, it's like a reworking of the Icarus myth....<b>Tom</b>, it's like a reworking of the Icarus myth. Either way, the boy is toast.<br /><br />Great piece from waggish. The door as a fabric of K.-space. Thanks for linking and the link. <br /><br /><b>Kevin</b>, <i>Amerika</i> is on my visiting list. I was just wondering which translation to read, Harman's or Hofmann's.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-50736540430789594022012-02-18T11:10:42.967+08:002012-02-18T11:10:42.967+08:00The image of the boy in danger of being eaten by t...The image of the boy in danger of being eaten by the sun is from a collection of Brothers Grimm illustrations, German circa 1900, courtesy of <a href="http://50watts.com/Nineteen-Hundred-and-Grimm" rel="nofollow">50 Watts</a>. Several other images were most tempting.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-68061567782905573642012-02-18T08:49:10.472+08:002012-02-18T08:49:10.472+08:00The link Tom posted (on the importance of doors in...The link Tom posted (on the importance of doors in Kafka) is very intriguing. You really could spend a lifetime analysing his work - and many people do...<br /><br />I like Tom's new avatar too ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-24728595043094899802012-02-18T08:45:39.994+08:002012-02-18T08:45:39.994+08:00As I mentioned in one of my pieces on this book, a...As I mentioned in one of my pieces on this book, anyone who says that he knows exactly what Kafka was getting at here is telling porky pies - it's allegorical alright, but of what exactly...<br /><br />Interesting to hear of parallels with 'The Unconsoled'. That book has been sitting on my shelves for far too long now - time to crack it open :)<br /><br />Of course, I decided to takeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-66994622931272895622012-02-18T01:21:44.655+08:002012-02-18T01:21:44.655+08:00So I mentioned / linked to this on Twitter & D...So I mentioned / linked to this on Twitter & David Auerbach thought you might like - or he mentioned and I thought you might like - <a href="http://www.waggish.org/2011/the-stasis-of-spaces-in-kafkas-trial/" rel="nofollow">a piece</a> he wrote on <i>The Trial</i>.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-292576456962346032012-02-18T00:38:20.488+08:002012-02-18T00:38:20.488+08:00I think spiritual allegory is a big part of Kafka&...I think spiritual allegory is a big part of Kafka's allegory, along with satire on bureaucracy. But its such a dense novel, what with a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-like assistants and a lover with webbed hands. Kafka's 'America' is lighter, but also unfinished novel, well worth reading too.Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.com