Introducing Kafka - Softcover

INTRODUCING KAFKA Text by David Zane Mairowitz Illustrations by Robert Crumb Published by Icon Books, 1994, Cambridge, England A Totem Book This is the First Totem Edition Distributed in the US by National Book Network Described by his friends as living behind a glass wall, Franz Kafka wrote in the tradition of the great Yiddish storytellers, whose stock-in-trade was bizarre fantasy tainted with hilarity and self-abasement. He added to this tradition an almost unbearably expanded consciousness. Alienated from his roots, his family, his surroundings, and primarily from his own body, Kafka created a unique literary language in which to hide away, transforming himself into a cockroach, an ape, a dog, a mole, or a circus artiste who starves himself to death in front of admiring crowds. David Zane Mairowitz's brilliant text and the illustrations and comic panels of the world's greatest cartoonist, Robert Crumb (himself no stranger to self-loathing and alienation), help us to understand the essence of Kafka, peering through his glass wall like no other book. Softcover - 176 pages Fine++ Condition - Unread Copy - Some very light shelf wear A Water Row Books warehouse find - In storage for 21 years! Until the publication of his major work "Genesis," some consider "Introducing Kafka" to be R. Crumb's most brilliant accomplishment! Satisfaction Guaranteed!