I'm reading Kafkas (compilation) and I'm getting through Metamorphosis. Now, don't get me wrong, I think Kafkas writing style is facinating, but his stories drag like a 500 pound tumor.

Anyone else read any of his stuff?

Cheers,
Lost

I didn't think that Metamorphises dragged. I quite liked it. I think that the simplistic writing he uses to convey his meanings is a lost art.

Well it's like J.R.R. Tolkien said...

i like metamorphasis. kafkas simple methaphoric style is great.

i'm reading metamorphisis now...it's not dragging i dont' think. but i do wish i could read it in teh original language.

I'm originally German (live in usa) and I think that Kafka is better in German, just like other major classics, because in the process of the translation much is lost. But the metamorphosis and other stories are still great.

I've read some of his stories. And despite continous encouragements that I recieved from people who praised him, I couldn't get passed the second story. I don't recall the name but it had something to do with a teenager who's late for work and now his boss comes to pay him a visit or something like that.