Top 5 Best Books by Franz Kafka - Mytour.vn

Franz Kafka's novel The Castle - created then sentenced to destruction - stands as the most enigmatic and beautiful gem among Kafka's remaining masterpieces. Enchanting like a surreal yet ultimately authentic dream, it is the thunderous prologue to a 20th century fraught with cataclysmic upheavals, a work that loses itself in its accessibility yet defies easy comprehension. Thanks to Kafka's reluctant heir Max Brod, who refrained from consigning it to the flames, along with Kafka's other precious legacies, The Castle has permanently enshrined him atop the immortal genius pinnacle of world literature.

'To cite a writer who has left an indelible mark on our era no less than Dante, Shakespeare, or Goethe, for contemporary generations, that undoubtedly is Kafka.'

- W.H. Auden

Josef K. anticipates his 30th birthday like any other day. Yet, it starts off quite ominously. He's arrested without reason. Since becoming entangled in The Legal Case, despite believing himself entirely innocent, K. finds himself inexorably drawn deeper into the labyrinth of Law, akin to a surreal nightmare, striving to comprehend what crime he might have committed. He gasps for breath in confrontation with a ubiquitous judicial system, tightening its grip with each passing moment, pushing him towards the brink...

Rescued from the flames that consumed 90% of Franz Kafka's oeuvre into eternal oblivion, The Legal Case, like his fortunate remaining novels, exists in incomplete manuscript form. Over nearly a century, the work has undergone a complex publishing history, evolving from a 'pile of papers' into a complete book under the enchanting touch of Max Brod, or reverting back to its 'original manuscript' state. Yet, regardless of its form of publication, The Legal Case remains an enduring legend constantly deciphered, regarded as one of the most significant literary masterpieces of the 20th century.

'When Thomas Mann wrote Buddenbrooks, Proust penned In Search of Lost Time, and Kafka wrote The Legal Case, they had little thought of reshaping society through prose, yet they crafted works that in our century remain unrivaled.' - MARCEL REICH-RANICKI

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Between parents and children, there always exists a certain distance, even though love knows no bounds. Some things, seemingly simple, profoundly impact the soul of a person, shaping their personality from the outset.

Like any child, Franz Kafka feared his father. Beginning his letter to his father, he wrote: 'Beloved Father, Recently you asked me why I am absolutely certain that I am afraid of you. As usual, I don't know how to answer you, partly because of that fear, partly because explaining it would require delving into too many details that I can't possibly grasp even a fraction of when speaking. And even now, as I try to respond to you via this letter, there will undoubtedly be many shortcomings, because even as I write, the fear of you and its consequences still hinder me, and also because the scope of the issue exceeds my memory and intellect.'

Letter to Father doesn't merely stem from Franz Kafka's father's vehement opposition to his marriage to Julie Wohryzek, a girl his father deemed unworthy of the family. However, in writing it, Kafka aimed for a larger purpose: to revisit the entire painful relationship between father and son in the hope of finding reconciliation with his father. Ultimately, the 103-page handwritten letter was never sent to its intended recipient.

Readers will be captivated from start to finish by the heartfelt words of a child to his father, the conflicts between two generations, the underlying pain, and the sweet moments of happiness. Reading Letter to Father, we not only encounter glimpses of ourselves: the emotions when facing a father as a child and when becoming a father facing children, but also gain a deeper understanding of the hidden corners of the soul. Franz Kafka enthralls readers with depth, subtlety, and stark realism.

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'A work of art is the hammer that breaks the frozen sea within us.' - Franz Kafka

Arriving in New York harbor on a massive, awe-inspiring ship, Karl Roßmann, a youthful offender of romantic misdeeds in his homeland, is greeted by the Statue of Liberty brandishing her sword high amidst the billowing sky. The scene suddenly becomes dazzling. From here, Karl plunges headlong into a dizzying whirlwind of chance, a whirlwind of unimaginable highs and lows in the land of miraculous opportunities. And what of his future? That remains unknown, for the novel halts just as the train carries its protagonist to a place with a name both real and fantastical – Oklahoma – just as the journey begins...

The Missing Man (America) - Franz Kafka's first and most humorous novel, shines like a solitary beam amidst the cluster of works that have become legendary, such as Metamorphosis, The Trial, and The Castle. E. L. Doctorow – one of America's foremost contemporary writers – regards this as a modern tale, embodying grand ideas about America as a place unseen, in an era unrecognizable, because Kafka, though never setting foot in America, crafted it from mythic elements within his own brilliant mind.

'To cite a writer who has left an indelible mark on our era no less than Dante, Shakespeare, or Goethe, for contemporary generations, that undoubtedly is Kafka.' - W.H. Auden

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