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Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka
| Author: | James Patrick Kelly John Kessel |
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Tachyon Publications, 2011 |
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| Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
The tourist shops of Prague sell dozens of items commemorating Franz Kafka. You can drink a latte in the Café Kafka, add sugar to it from a packet with Kafka's face on it, and then light your cigarette from a box of Kafka matches.
Franz Kafka died in obscurity in 1924, publishing only a handful of bizarre stories in little-known literary magazines. Yet today he persists in our collective imaginations. Even those who have never read any of Kafka's fiction describe their tribulations with the Department of Motor Vehicles as being Kafkaesque.
Kafkaesque explores the fiction of generations of authors inspired by Kafka's work. These dystopic, comedic, and ironic tales include T. C. Boyle's roadside garage that is a never-ending trial, Philip Roth's alternate history in which Kafka immigrates to America to date his aunt, Jorge Luis Borges's labyrinthine public lottery that redefines reality, Carol Emshwiller's testimony by the first female to earn the right to call herself a "man," and Paul Di Filippo's unfamiliar Kafka -- journalist by day, costumed crime-fighter by night.
Also included is Kafka's classic story "The Hunger Artist," appearing both in a brand-new translation and in an illustrated version by legendary cartoonist R. Crumb (Fritz the Cat). Additionally, each author discusses Kafka's writing, its relevance, its personal influence, and Kafka's enduring legacy.
Table of Contents
- Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka - interior artwork by John Coulthart
- Stories After Kafka - essay by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
- Kafka Chronology - essay
- A Hunger Artist - short story by Franz Kafka (trans. of Ein Hungerkünstler 1924)
- On the Translation of 'A Hunger Artist' - essay by John Kessel
- Introduction to The Drowned Giant - essay by J. G. Ballard
- The Drowned Giant (1964) - short story by J. G. Ballard
- Introduction to The Cockroach Hat - essay by Terry Bisson
- The Cockroach Hat (2010) - short story by Terry Bisson
- Introduction to Hymenoptera - essay by Michael Blumlein
- Hymenoptera (1993) - short story by Michael Blumlein
- Introduction to The Lottery in Babylon - essay by Jorge Luis Borges
- The Lottery in Babylon (1998) - short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of La lotería en Babilonia 1941)
- Introduction to The Big Garage - (2005) - essay by T. Coraghessan Boyle
- The Big Garage (1981) - short story by T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Introduction to The Jackdaw's Last Case - essay by Paul Di Filippo
- The Jackdaw's Last Case (1997) - short story by Paul Di Filippo
- Introduction to Report to the Men's Club - essay by Carol Emshwiller
- Report to the Men's Club (2002) - short story by Carol Emshwiller
- Introduction to Bright Morning - essay by Jeffrey Ford
- Bright Morning (2002) - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
- Introduction to The Rapid Advance of Sorrow - essay by Theodora Goss
- The Rapid Advance of Sorrow (2002) - short story by Theodora Goss
- Introduction to Stable Strategies for Middle Management - essay by Eileen Gunn
- Stable Strategies for Middle Management (1988) - short story by Eileen Gunn
- Introduction to The Handler - (1976) - essay by Damon Knight
- The Handler (1960) - short story by Damon Knight
- Introduction to Receding Horizon - essay by Jonathan Lethem
- Receding Horizon (1995) - short story by Jonathan Lethem and Carter Scholz
- Introduction to A Hunger Artist - essay by David Mairowitz
- A Hunger Artist - short story by Robert Crumb and David Mairowitz
- Introduction to "I Always Wanted You to Admire My Fasting"; or, Looking at Kafka - essay by Philip Roth
- "I Always Wanted You to Admire My Fasting"; or, Looking at Kafka (1969) - short story by Philip Roth
- Introduction to The 57th Franz Kafka - essay by Rudy Rucker
- The 57th Franz Kafka (1982) - short story by Rudy Rucker
- Introduction to The Amount to Carry - essay by Carter Scholz
- The Amount to Carry (1998) - novelette by Carter Scholz
- Introduction to Kafka in Brontëland - essay by Tamar Yellin
- Kafka in Brontëland (2002) - short story by Tamar Yellin
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