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"Un artista del digiuno" (Ein Hungerkunstler, 1924), uno dei pochissimi libri che Kafka ha voluto pubblicare in vita, viene qui tradotto e stampato come opera a se stante, nella forma cioè che Kafka gli aveva dato. Contiene quattro racconti concepiti da Kafka per stare insieme, poiché girano tutti e quattro attorno alla stessa questione, cosa sia quel fenomeno che chiamiamo arte e quel destino che è essere artisti. Preparato durante il suo ultimo anno di vita, l'amico Max Brod riferisce che il lunedì 2 giugno 1924, il giorno prima di morire, Kafka lavorò alla correzione delle bozze di questo suo ultimo libro, e continuò anche il mattino seguente, martedì; e mentre lo faceva, disse poi il dottor Klopstock, le lacrime gli rigarono a lungo le guance. "Non vada via" disse Kafka ad un certo punto a Klopstock. "Non vado via", rispose il dottore. "Ma vado io", 3 giugno 1924, sanatorio di Kierling presso Vienna. Il libro uscì nell'estate; ma Kafka non l'ha potuto vedere, perché oramai non c'era più.
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- Pagine: 99
- Data di uscita: 03-12-2008
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When . . . some leisurely passer-by stopped . . . and spoke of cheating, that was in its way the stupidest lie ever invented by indifference and inborn malice, since it was not the hunger artist who was cheating, he was working honestly, but the world was cheating him of his reward. The main char
These four stories capture how easily art can drive the artist to death. Kafka is so good at what he does, but these have a slightly different flavour too them. They’re not what you would term as directly Kafkaesque; they have nightmarish qualities and oppressive undertones to them, but the characte Leggi tutto
I am too overwhelmed to write , for i AM the hunger artist ! It's like watching yourself , your life , your decisions ,and above all your DEATH ! This is how i visioned my death ! I just didn't have any idea that another person knew how exactly it's going to be ! Kafka creeps the hell outta me . Seriou Leggi tutto
‘A Hunger Artist’ is about an artist who starves himself as an art. Back in the days, the hunger artist used to be displayed in a cage and a lot of people paid money to admire his art. But, the times have changed and people just don’t care about him anymore. The story is highly metaphorical and diff Leggi tutto
“. . . he felt no limits to his ability to starve.” Once every few years I read Franz Kafka’s brilliantly absurdist “The Hunger Artist.” I have some memory that part of his inspiration was his own struggles--actually not getting enough to eat for periods--with poverty as he worked and wrote. The main Leggi tutto
For most part it could be read in different ways: 1. as an allegory on life of jesus. Jesus died trying to tell the people about righteous path. However, just like hunger artist he was never understood and soon ran out of fashion. To me personally, it appears weakest of interpretations. 2. About path Leggi tutto
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