Amerika (Paperback) by Franz Kafka

from sweetiegherkin

After a sexual encounter with a servant girl, teen-aged Karl is shipped off to America by his parents to live with his uncle. But his uncle soon turns his back on Karl, who is left to fend for himself. Karl is shortly joined on his journey for employment by two other immigrants - one from France ...

from multifaceted

Maybe I don't fully understand this novel--after all, it's a European writing about his ideas of America (a country he's never really visited) in the 1920s. And here I am, an American, who wasn't even thought of back then. Furthermore, the book wasn't even finished, so I find myself hoping that t...

from DavidCLDriedger

Just getting into Kafka. He seems to be offering one large commentary on our potential lack of agency in the world.

from kontam

An absurdist look at a country that he never visited in his life. An extremely funny and strange look at life. An immigrant just wanting to make a life for himself, but his naivety and inexperience makes him make poor choices often with funny results. Definitely worth reading, a real pity that it...

from kontam

An absurdist look at a country that he never visited in his life. An extremely funny and strange look at life. An immigrant just wanting to make a life for himself, but his naivety and inexperience makes him make poor choices often with funny results. Definitely worth reading, a real pity that it...