Amerika
Franz Kafka
Amerika
Franz Kafka
‘Perhaps the most interesting writer of his generation… A strange and disconcerting genius’ Edwin Muir
‘No other voice has borne truer witness to the dark of our times’ George Steiner;;After an embarrassing sexual misadventure with a servant girl, sixteen-year-old Karl Rossman is banished to America by his parents. Expected to redeem himself in the land of opportunity, Karl’s youthful breeziness propels him into a series of bizarre escapades which threaten to ensnare him permanently.
Though dredged with humour and optimism, Kafka’s first novel bears his distinctive hallmarks, as young Karl becomes mired in an ever more unreal and oppressive system.;;THE CLASSIC TRANSLATION BY WILLA AND EDWIN MUIR
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