Tag Archives: Franz Kafka

Not Lemony Snicket

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

I was introduced to the magical world of Franz Kafka in my early teens, but New York City-based author Matthue Roth has pushed the envelope by adapting Kafka for children of all ages. My First Kafka: Runaways, Rodents, and Giant … Continue reading →

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The True Way Is Along A Rope

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Are you a Kafka fan? Do you love animation like a kid craves Saturday morning cartoons? If you do, set aside twenty minutes to absorb this fantastic Japanese animated film version of Franz Kafka‘s cryptic story A Country Doctor directed by Koji … Continue reading →

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Never Enough Books

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

I can’t think of a more appropriate way to camouflage unsightly electrical transformers. The Library Place Apartments, adjacent to the Everett, Washington Public Library have just added this wonderful installation. It’s called the “Book Stack” and it stands 8-feet-tall and … Continue reading →

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City2Cities

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

City2Cities: International Literature Days Utrecht is an exciting international literature festival. Each year City2Cities, in short C2C, connects the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands with two other literary cities. In 2011 those cities were Edinburgh and Stockholm, this year … Continue reading →

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How Kafkaesque

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

This summer Schocken is releasing a wonderful series of Kafka reissues with cover design by Peter Mendelsund. The cover typography is an amalgam of Kafka’s own handwriting and a typeface called “Mister K” by Julia Sysmäläine of Berlin.

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How Kafkaesque

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Franz Kafka instructed that all his manuscripts were to be burned after his death, but his friend Max Brod chose to disregarded the request, setting-up a complicated legal tussle over thousands of pages of manuscripts that has the literary world in a … Continue reading →

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