Franz Kafka was a writer of Jewish origin born in Bohemia who wrote in German. His work is considered one of the most influential of world literature and is full of themes and archetypes of alienation, physical and psychological brutality, conflict between parents and children, characters in terrifying adventure, labyrinths of bureaucracy, and mystical transformations.
Franz Kafka was the author of three novels, Process , the castle and the disappeared; the novella The Metamorphosis and a number of short stories. He also left an extensive correspondence and autobiographical writings.
Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez are among the writers influenced by the writings of Kafka . The Kafkaesque term used to describe the Spanish language surreal situations like those found in their books and have their equivalents in other languages. Only a few of his works were published during his lifetime. Most, including unfinished works were published by his friend Max Brod, who ignored the wishes of the author’s manuscripts were destroyed
Here 10 phrases renowned author.
1. “A book must be the ax to break the frozen sea within us.”
2. “Anyone who retains the ability to see beauty never grow old.”
3. “In your struggle against the world I advise you to put aside the rest of the world.”
4. “The misfortune of Don Quixote was not his fantasy, but Sancho Panza”.
5. “We must support the lone blemish at all times, however, it is not necessary to support the shared imperfection”.
6. “Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.”
7. “It is often safer to be in chains to be free”.
8. “My fear is my substance, and probably the best of myself.”
9. “The important thing is to transform passion into character.”
10. “The truth is indivisible, ie can not recognize itself; whoever recognize it, must be a lie. “
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