IN THE PENAL COLONY, Franz Kafka, with NEW COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS AT THE END

classic existential narrative by one of the great writers/thinkers of the early part of the 20th century, Franz Kafka.
With new analysis and commentary.

[@DerekB99]

Christopher Hitchens went to Prague to write a story about Václav Havel, dissident and future president of Czechoslovakia, for Vanity Fair, I think it was, and relates how he swore to himself that he would not refer to Kafka in his piece because it was such an overused reference. He was with Havel and others in the former's apartment, when the secret police barged in and told them they were all under arrest. When asked what charges were, the secret police said that they were not going to tell them.

[@Edo9River]

I. Was lonely hitchhiker searching through the narrow twisting streets of Prague for the small tour bus of foreign students i had bought a ticket for membership. I couldn’t find anyone to talk to me , every old. granny or uncle seemed to be fearful of me, they’d turn their backs muttering in their unknown language. What was wrong with me? Why was almost everyone avoiding my eyes pleading for assistance? What language could they understand? Not English or French! While listening to this story, my emotional reaction to that circumstance in the old medieval streets near the castle is vivid and in sharp detail of a time in 1971.

[@judica8873]

I have been wanting to suggest this particular Kafka story to you. Thank you so much.

[@WeHaveSomuchHeart]

Lets goooo