Name: K (Penguin Modern Classics)
SKU: 53472683
Price: 16.77 EUR
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Author: Roberto Calasso

Type

Physical Book

Author

Roberto Calasso

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780241399439

K (Penguin Modern Classics)

Roberto Calasso (Author) · Penguin · Paperback

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Synopsis "K (Penguin Modern Classics) "

What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that happen every day? But where and when?In this remarkable book, Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be illuminated by its own light. With his unique vision, imagination, and intellectual acumen, Calasso attempts to enter the flow, the tortuous movement, the physiology of the stories to discover what they are meant to signify and to delve into the most basic question: Who is K.?

Roberto Calasso

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Roberto Calasso (1941-2021) was an Italian writer, editor, and essayist known for his erudition and narrative style that blends mythology, history, and literature. His most famous work is The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony (1988), an essay-novel about Greek mythology. Among his notable books are also Ka (1996), focused on Hindu tradition, Literature and the Gods (2001) and The Book of All Books (2019), which reinterprets biblical texts from a literary and philosophical perspective.

His literary production, often classified within the essay and philosophical narrative, explores the history of culture and its symbols. In addition to his work as an author, he was the director of Adelphi publishing house, influencing the literary world with his publications and translations.

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