Kafka Americana
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Kafka Americana is a collection of short stories by Jonathan Lethem and Carter Scholz based on works by Franz Kafka.
[edit] The Stories
- Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor (Scholz)
- A re-imagining of Kafka's uncompleted short story. First published in Crank! 1.
- The Notebooks of Bob K. (Lethem)
- Batman is presented as Kafka's creation, with parodies on some of Kafka's famous aphorisms and stories, including The Burrow, A Crossbreed (A Sport), and The Vulture. A significantly different version of the story appeared in Gas 6.
- Receding Horizon (Lethem & Scholz)
- Kafka comes to America, changes his name to Jack Dawson and writes screenplays in Hollywood. First published in Crank! 5.
- The Amount to Carry (Scholz)
- Kafka meets fellow insurance executives Wallace Stevens and Charles Ives. First published in Starlight 2.
- K. for Fake (Lethem)
- Parody of The Trial. First published in McSweeney's 2.
[edit] References
Lethem, Jonathan and Carter Scholz. Kafka Americana. W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. ISBN 978-0393322538
| Adaptations of works by Franz Kafka |
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| Feature Films: The Trial (1962) • Kafka (1991) • The Trial(1993) • The Castle (1997)
Short Films: Metamorphosis (Germany, 1975) • Metamorphosis (Sweden, 1976) • The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa (Canada, 1977) • Metamorphosis (UK, 1987) • Franz Kafka (Poland, 1992) • Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (USA, 1993) • Zoetrope (adaptation of In the Penal Colony, USA, 1999) • The Hunger Artist (USA, 2002) • Metamorphosis (Russia, 2002) • Human Body (adaptation of A Country Doctor, Germany, 2004) Literature: Kafka Americana Graphic Novels and Comics: Give It Up! • The Metamorphosis • Introducing Kafka |
