tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post5083284850493138528..comments2024-03-29T04:12:48.987+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: The Castle by Franz Kafka. (1926)Mel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-7964351455330201782015-12-08T07:30:20.145+08:002015-12-08T07:30:20.145+08:00R T Davis, yes he can be very funny almost macabr...R T Davis, yes he can be very funny almost macabre, I think most who have not read him would not suspect that. Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-6432824185339288672015-12-08T07:29:07.583+08:002015-12-08T07:29:07.583+08:00Prashant C. Trikannad - The Trial is suspenseful ...Prashant C. Trikannad - The Trial is suspenseful and darkly humorous, you might also try his short work, At the Penal ColonyMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-18878422895135370062015-12-07T23:56:06.313+08:002015-12-07T23:56:06.313+08:00You touch upon a very good point: Kafka's humo...You touch upon a very good point: Kafka's humor. Dark and subtle, it appears often in his short works. But I would note a problem: I am always at the mercy of translators since I do not read German; I wish it were otherwise because I am always suspicious of translations.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-80467422441335306472015-12-07T19:30:02.446+08:002015-12-07T19:30:02.446+08:00Mel, I have only read Kafka's "Metamorpho...Mel, I have only read Kafka's "Metamorphosis" and didn't like it as much as I thought I'd. I plan to read "The Trial" and some of his other works, mostly short stories. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.com