Hi everyone

My name is Alexander Poe, I'm a writer/director in New York City and
I've written a play inspired by Kafka's Amerika which I'll be
directing in August as part of the New York International Fringe
Festival.

The play is a farcical journey through the mind of Franz Kafka as he
finds himself trapped in the world of his own novel. Tired of his
suffocating life in Prague where he's forced to endure his overbearing
father and sadistic coworkersKafka decides to start a new novel, but
one morning he wakes up in the world of his novel and everything
begins to go wrong.

As you can tell, the play is more of a comedy than a straight forward
adaptation of Amerika or a biographical play about Kafka. It is
however faithful to the details of Kafka's life and while it's not
necessary to know everything about Kafka in order to enjoy the story,
I think it would be particularly interesting for people who know
something about his work.

The play runs from August 12th til the 25th.
For more information about the play, you can check out the website:
www.reduxproductions.com

Thanks, hope some of the New York based members of the group can come
check it out. Talk to you later,

Alexander Poe

Some of my friends    have managed     to meet   a few nice ones off this thing
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you guys reckon? Myself, I actually think it is pretty awesome from what I've
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know what it is, basically its like a matchingplace, but has few added things I
noticed. Stuff like messenger, vidchat, picsrate, etc. Best part is you can
talk to ppl on vidchat even if you don't have it enabled yourself.

I doubt Kafka would have used online dating services, given they had
existed 80+ years ago.

I picked up a couple of books about Kafka's love life recently, used
books which I found hiding on the shelves of a book store and were
marked for a reasonable price, but I haven't read any of them--was
there a particular interest in this part of his life a few years
back?  I've been busy reading new translations into English of much of
his original work these last few years and have generally been
avoiding those biographies and critical studies of his love life
(although I still buy anything with Kafka in the title, it seems).
Does anyone have a suggestion of a good biography which doesn't paint
the man as some cultural icon?  Actually, I'd be interested to read
more about his family and sisters rather than more speculation about
his sexual potency--I enjoyed reading the letters to his family and
wonder how much more might be out there.

hello,
Sound interesting the books that you were able to pick up. What are the
titles? The only books to my knowledge that talks about his life are the
conversation with Kafka by Gustav Janouch (that's the kid who visited  Kafka at
his
office) and letters to Milena. Besides that, the only insight in  his family
life,  are in the introduction of his books. I think his sister  died on the
same
concentration camp as Milena. Have any of your Kafka lovers  seen the movie
base on the castle? all for now...

f.w

"Hay hombres  que luchan un día y son buenos. Hay otros que luchan un año y
son mejores. Hay  quienes luchan muchos años, y son muy buenos. Pero hay los
que luchan toda la  vida, esos son los imprescindibles” BERTOLD  BRECHT


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Although his relationships were signficantly based on
communication via letters--especially with Felice,
they seem to take up more of the relationship than
actual personal interaction....

I still think that Ernst Pawell's "Nightmare of
Reason" is the most engaging bio of Kafka. I began
reading Murray's book but lost interest, as it seemed
most of it had already been covered by previous
commentators (although he does do a tad bit of
critical analysis of Kafka's stories which are
interesting).

Bis

--- maddrb <maddrb@...> wrote:

> I doubt Kafka would have used online dating
> services, given they had
> existed 80+ years ago.
>
> I picked up a couple of books about Kafka's love
> life recently, used
> books which I found hiding on the shelves of a book
> store and were
> marked for a reasonable price, but I haven't read
> any of them--was
> there a particular interest in this part of his life
> a few years
> back?  I've been busy reading new translations into
> English of much of
> his original work these last few years and have
> generally been
> avoiding those biographies and critical studies of
> his love life
> (although I still buy anything with Kafka in the
> title, it seems).
> Does anyone have a suggestion of a good biography
> which doesn't paint
> the man as some cultural icon?  Actually, I'd be
> interested to read
> more about his family and sisters rather than more
> speculation about
> his sexual potency--I enjoyed reading the letters to
> his family and
> wonder how much more might be out there.
>
>
>
>


Often times the cruellest lies are those told in silence.--Robert Louis
Stevenson

I am responsible for everything except my own responsibility.--Jean-Paul Sartre




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I have the opinion that Kafka's relationship with Felice was hardly
deep or profound--many of his letters to her are written one after the
other, before she had a chance to respond, and are filled with self-
analysis and doubts.  We don't have the privilege of reading her
letters to him, of course, but so much of his correspondence seems to
be written more for his own benefit than for the purpose of connecting
with another person (one of my favorite passages is when he compares
himself to a lowly worm groveling at her feet, unworthy of her love
and attention--I can't imagine someone saying such a thing on a dating
chat room with the expectation of impressing a young lady).  The book
I recently picked up, Kafka's Last Love: the Mystery of Dora Diamant
by Kathi Diamant, investigates a relationship definitely not defined
by written correspondence.  Now I've done a google search of the title
(http://www.kafkaproject.com/book.html) and I'm more interested in
reading it.

I just read a review in the NY Times Book Review of the first volume
of a new biography written by Reiner Stach and titled KAFKA: THE
DECISVE YEARS.  I've got a hold placed on a copy at my library.
Anyone see this yet?

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our marriage for later this year =)

No, Is it any good?


--- maddrb <maddrb@...> wrote:

> I just read a review in the NY Times Book Review of
> the first volume
> of a new biography written by Reiner Stach and
> titled KAFKA: THE
> DECISVE YEARS.  I've got a hold placed on a copy at
> my library.
> Anyone see this yet?
>
>
>
>


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Who thinks that among all the short story...
the best is that which speaks about a bridge

let me know....

Do you mean in Kafka's stories or in all short
stories?

Andrew

--- paiordo2000 <paiordo2000@...> wrote:

>
> Who thinks that among all the short story...
> the best is that which speaks about a bridge
>
> let me know....
>
>
>
>
>


Often times the cruellest lies are those told in silence.--Robert Louis
Stevenson

I am responsible for everything except my own responsibility.--Jean-Paul Sartre

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Hi,

Does anyone know where I can download audio readings of Kafka's works?
The only ones I found so far was at Salon.com:

http://www.salon.com/audio/fiction/2002/09/27/kafka/index.html

of 'The Hunger Artist.'

Thanks for any reply or good pointers I get.

JLG

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"Below, listen to an excerpt from the Franz Kafka
story "The Hunger Artist" (translated on the
collection as "A Hungry Artist,") performed by famed
singer and actress Lotte Lenya. The recording appears
courtesy of Harper Audio."

Haha changes the meaning significantly, don't you
think? Thanks for the link, though, didn't know about
this. The whole 6-disc collection sounds interesting.
I haven't forrayed much into audio literature, though,
which would probably help me out since I am legally
blind and have to look very close to a page. But I
just like the feel of books, and being able to write
in the margins, read passages over and over, etc.

Sorry I don't know of any other recordings, but I'm
sure they exist. I'm sure if you do a google search
you can find something.

Andrew

--- jeanlucgod <jeanlucgod@...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know where I can download audio readings
> of Kafka's works?
> The only ones I found so far was at Salon.com:
>
>
http://www.salon.com/audio/fiction/2002/09/27/kafka/index.html
>
> of 'The Hunger Artist.'
>
> Thanks for any reply or good pointers I get.
>
> JLG
>
>
>
>
>
>


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Stevenson

I am responsible for everything except my own responsibility.--Jean-Paul Sartre

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I can't help but feel befuddled and almost helpless at the end of this
tale.  That's it?  He's just killed?  I read in a foreward of my
edition that part of the point of the book was to show his feeling of
life itself being a prison.  But I just can't rectify how it simply
goes from the scene with the priest to him being led to his execution.
What are your thoughts?

hello,
i find your question very interesting. i am not an academic or a literature
student, just somebody that like those books so this is my anserw, it seems that
k. accepted that he was guilty and he wanted to punish himself, its very
diferent ending then the movie, if you have not seen it i recomend it!, on the
movie k. is not accepting but defiant and even take out his killers.? thank you
for bringing the kafka list back to life!! it been such a long time since there
was any kinda of discussion here.







-----Original Message-----
From: jepner25 <jepner25@...>
To: kafka-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 8:16 pm
Subject: [kafka-list] The Trial Ending

























I can't help but feel befuddled and almost helpless at the end of this

tale.  That's it?  He's just killed?  I read in a foreward of my

edition that part of the point of the book was to show his feeling of

life itself being a prison.  But I just can't rectify how it simply

goes from the scene with the priest to him being led to his execution.

What are your thoughts?

















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I haven't seen the movie. I agree with the first poster in their
consternation over the ending, though I think your point about K
feeling himself deserving of punishment may have some relevance.
Although, I don't know whether it was a matter of feeling he deserved
it, or merely coming to accept it as an inevitable end.

In a way, it seems like an easy ending, a rather straightforward way
of ending the conflict. At the same time, if the whole story is
supposed to be about life being like a prison, then how else could it
end than to end with execution--death being the end of life.

Andrew

--- In kafka-list@yahoogroups.com, Payesero@... wrote:
>
>
>  hello,
> i find your question very interesting. i am not an academic or a
literature student, just somebody that like those books so this is my
anserw, it seems that k. accepted that he was guilty and he wanted to
punish himself, its very diferent ending then the movie, if you have
not seen it i recomend it!, on the movie k. is not accepting but
defiant and even take out his killers.? thank you for bringing the
kafka list back to life!! it been such a long time since there was any
kinda of discussion here.

--- In kafka-list@yahoogroups.com, "jepner25" <jepner25@...> wrote:
>
> I can't help but feel befuddled and almost helpless at the end of
this
> tale.  That's it?  He's just killed?  I read in a foreward of my
> edition that part of the point of the book was to show his feeling of
> life itself being a prison.  But I just can't rectify how it simply
> goes from the scene with the priest to him being led to his
execution.
> What are your thoughts?
>
In the begning of the story he doesnt take his arrest or trial
serisouly. Gradualy it consumes his whole life, then it ends this is
far fetched I know but maybe I am not sure how to put it. Maybe its
that the trial itself killed him, and that scene was a physical
representation of that. I love that scene in the book I didnt think he
would be killed, i did not see it coming. When he sees the man leaning
out of the window with his arms wide open and he thinks something
like, "was it a good man, a bad man, some who cared" I dont have the
book with me so I cant recall but it moved me. For me Kafka touches
something deep inside me. No one is really connected those words
represented that to me.

Is Klamm god? What exactley do you think his signifacnce is. False
hope. I love the assistants in the story, so weird, so perfect. I just
fell in love with kafka recently and have become obsessed with him.I
think Frieda is into the assistants. Although I know he writes in such
a way as to always leave you wondering. I look forward to any and all
responses

--- In kafka-list@yahoogroups.com, "paiordo2000" <paiordo2000@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Who thinks that among all the short story...
> the best is that which speaks about a bridge
>
> let me know....
>
My favorite short story by him is the burrow, everything about it is
fantastic to me. Which story speaks about a bridge specifically?