{"product_id":"kafka-clayton-koelb-9780826495808","title":"Kafka: A Guide for the Perplexed","description":"Franz Kafka is one of the most widely taught, and read, writers in world literature. Readers encountering texts like 'The Metamorphosis' and \u003cem\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/em\u003e for the first time are frequently perplexed by his often intentionally weird writing. Some might say that Kafka's enduring achievement has been to make his readers love being perplexed. As much of Kafka's writing is designed to perplex the reader, this guide helps the reader understand why and how perplexity has been deliberately created by Kafka's text and to realize what the uses of such perplexity might be. The book guides readers through their first encounters with Kafka and introduces the problems involved in reading his texts, the nature of his texts from the key novels and novellas to letters and professional writings, his life as a writer and different approaches to reading Kafka.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clayton Koelb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082649580X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826495808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.54w x 0.57d","brand":"Clayton Koelb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611009761535,"sku":"9780826495808","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5917e63a-7379-4394-a213-1d9eaaa180d4.jpg?v=1764511129","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kafka-clayton-koelb-9780826495808","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}