KAFKA
Book ID/图书代码： 07980004B00835
English Summary/英文概要： This gripping biography of the great Czech novelist, diarist and short story writer chronicles Kafka’s entire (if tragically curtailed) life (1883-1924), but it focuses upon the writer’s relationship to his father and his inheritance as a member of the Jewish mercantile bourgeoisie in Prague. Born into a German-speaking Jewish family, Kafka was a subject of the Austro-Hungarian empire until 1919 yet through his work he is one of the most modern of writers. While previous works have concentrated on Kafka and his women, Nicholas Murray will concentrate on his extraordinary relationship with his father which found its most eloquent literary expression in the story ’The Judgement’ written in 1912 when Kafka was twenty-nine:in a reverse Oedipal move, the father condemns his son to death by drowning. This work is essential for an understanding of the intensely private and complex Kafka and the kind of writer he turned out to be - the creator in THE CASTLE, THE TRIAL and METAMORPHOSIS (the dazzling short story whose hero wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect) of some of the defining literature of the 20th century.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 弗朗茨·卡夫卡1883年7月3日出生在布拉格一讲德语的犹太人家庭，1924年6月3日卒于奥地利首都维也纳。生前卡夫卡可以说是默默无闻，而死后他却一跃成为现代文学的巨匠，人们将他与法国的普鲁斯特和爱尔兰的乔伊斯等名作家并列。美国著名作家奥登认为：“卡夫卡与我们时代的关系最近似于但丁、莎士比亚、歌德与他们时代的关系。”战后许多现代文学流派的产生都深受卡夫卡的影响。法国哲学家、剧作家、小说家萨特和加缪等人都尊卡夫卡为师长。
卡夫卡与父亲的关系在他的几部作品里有所反映。本书作者正是着力写他们父子间不同寻常的关系，为读者揭示不为人知、性格复杂的卡夫卡。
Awards/获奖情况：’A soulful, searching book, faultlessly researched and beautifully written.’---OBSERVER
’Anyone looking for a balanced and readable account of his [Kafka’s] life and work will find Murray and engaging, conscientious and sympathetic guide.’---INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
’...when Murray quotes from him [Kafka], you want to rush off and read more instantly. This makes KAFKA the best kind of literary biography.’---INDEPENDENT
About the Author/作者介绍： Nicholas Murray was born in Liverpool in 1952. He has written acclaimed biographies of Bruce Chatwin, Matthew Arnold and the poet Andrew Marvell. He is married and lives in the Welsh Marches.
作者Nicholas Murray是著名的传记作家，著有： 赫胥黎传 (Aldous Huxley)、安德鲁马维尔传（Andrew Marvell)
* 赫胥黎传 (Aldous Huxley)--BA有书。
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