What Does Kafkaesque Mean? (And why am I obsessed with Kafka?)

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@glizzymcguire7 7 ай бұрын

The way I just clicked on this video like my life depended on it. You talking about Kafka is my hyperfixation chef's kiss. One of my favorite things about Kafka is how funny he was, I'm glad you discussed that! Great video, always engaging and thoughtful 💜

@margeriteb 7 ай бұрын

Although my mother tongue is German, I have read surprisingly little Kafka. I really need to change that. Thank you for reminding me 😊

@blubeagle55 3 ай бұрын

Girl, I know few who speak a similar internal language as me! I loooove you and your posts!

@bookofdust 7 ай бұрын

As a dark and twisty teen, I was somewhat obsessed with Kafka. I’m excited that here in the US I’m going on Tuesday to see translator Mark Harman who is considered a premier interpreter of Kafka and he’s launching a new book, Kafka Selected Stories. He’ll be in conversation with three other college professors who are engaged academically with Kafka. I also picked up a collection of his works in Graphic Novel format that I’m excited to read.

@salomekjones 7 ай бұрын

You just gave me a brilliant idea. tyvm. I too love Kafka. I've been toying around with a novel idea and what you said in this video put the final piece in place.

@WillowTalksBooks 7 ай бұрын

Ooh I’m glad I could inspire!

@kawaiikitty4569 7 ай бұрын

I read my first Kafka book (Metamorphosis) recently from the library - very surreal! I felt a range of emotions, but most of all sympathy for the main character who was clearly burned out and under-appreciated! Up for trying more of his books. I agree the themes are still relevant today, corporate drones and so on.

@OverlyAverageBen 7 ай бұрын

I loveeeee how you just compressed all of my thoughts on Kafka into this video lol. I read the Trial earlier this year and the Metamorphosis a year ago. It's hard not to read them and think 'oh you sad little boy, who hurt you?' whilst also laughing

@XOXOLOLA100 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the lesson 🙏🏻😊

@sunny-tn1ix 7 ай бұрын

Ive been loving your content lately!! I love the way you express yourself. You make me want to read everything you talk about so passionately🩷

@ahmedrafiq8699 7 ай бұрын

Great, I read the trial , the castle and Metamorphosis. I wait to listen more about him. thank you for the review

@julienakpillankford1609 6 ай бұрын

This makes me think of Karin Tidbeck’s Jagannath (short story collection). Love your channel! :)

@thegrimmreader3649 7 ай бұрын

This was so great Willow! Thank you!!

@MsPixieD 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I agree about the short stories. A little bit of Kafka goes a long way. I can't remember which novel I tried, but I know I dnf'd it because it did feel that the point had been made and I didn't want to live in that head space for the length of a novel. Absolutely loved your graphic with the big blue tear! 😄💙

@amyschmelzer6445 7 ай бұрын

Good timing. I read The Metamorphosis this week.

@bookssongsandothermagic 7 ай бұрын

I bought this book recently when I saw it in Waterstones. Can't wait to get into it as I love Kafka - interesting take on him as a person. I love The Trial so much - so I definitely have a different take on that. I'm hoping to do a Kafka video in the Autumn. Great video Willow.

@Gen-yh1jz 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the recommendation

@EmiliaLou 6 ай бұрын

As a german I can read Kafka in Original and this is my biggest flex of all time.

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff 4 ай бұрын

Some of Kafka's humor may have been lost in translation. When Kafka would read Metamorphosis to his friends he would be laughing over many passages. The Castle is brilliant for the craziness of bureaucracy. Kafka worked in insurance, which probably gave him some fascinating insights into the labyrinthine bureaucracy of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Posseidon is a great, sad and very humorous story and of course very Kafkaesque.

@esliet 7 ай бұрын

Fab content as always. I need to read this

@MyTeaandCrumpets 7 ай бұрын

I really need to read more kafka.

@freakfehler 7 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed the short story you read, so maybe I need to give Kafka another try. I tried reading "the trial" years ago, but couldn't get into it back then, but maybe some stories will do the trick

@WillowTalksBooks 7 ай бұрын

I would definitely start with The Metamorphosis and this short story collection :)

@chrissy1510 7 ай бұрын

Classics are my jam, but I’ve not yet read any Kafka. This video has made me want to remedy that - immediately! ‘Sexy little incel’ made me snort my coffee all over my iPad 😆

@rachelwoodisse 7 ай бұрын

So interesting thank you ❤

@danielaweberdani 7 ай бұрын

poor poseidon 🙃 I love how your reviews always k*ck capitalism in its face, and your outfit.

@jstamps9578 7 ай бұрын

I just ordered 2 of Kafka's books from your video here. Why did Kafka ask that his works be burned upon his death? As a belief in the absurdity and irrelevance of existence?

@WillowTalksBooks 7 ай бұрын

I’m not 100% but I think it’s because he had very low self-esteem and thought they were worthless

@mikelpelaez 7 ай бұрын

Kafka's a legend

@mikelpelaez 7 ай бұрын

My favorite writer so far (I've been reading for 2 years)

@Adeodatus100 7 ай бұрын

I've read and love a lot of Kafka's short fiction, but I've never tried the novels. I've never much liked the idea of reading "unfinished" books (which they all are), and I'm not sure I could handle all that surrealism all at once. I think I might be missing something....

@WillowTalksBooks 7 ай бұрын

Nah I’m totally with you. His short stories are perfect distillations of his themes and ideas

@Adeodatus100 7 ай бұрын

@@WillowTalksBooks Ok, I won't beat myself up about it 😁. I might just re-read "A country doctor" later - pure nightmare fuel!

@MadoCar-n4s 7 ай бұрын

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@M.elissa.M 7 ай бұрын

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@jasminragoubi855 7 ай бұрын

I read it last week and it blew my mind i am still thinking every night what if i woke up as an insekt 😢

@EduardoRodriguez-du2vd 7 ай бұрын

I don't agree with you that Kafkaesque situations are natural in capitalism. In my opinion, they are typical of human societies. They are not the result of a certain ideology but rather the failed dynamics of the game between rules and objectives. There are people who are very attached to structures and when they have administrative power, they consider it unavoidable that a certain procedure be used to achieve an objective. To the point of considering the procedure more important than the objective itself. It is the vice of a positive characteristic. Procedures that have proven to be effective (especially in matters where actors of different natures participate) become essential. Kafka highlights the feelings of someone who struggles to accept rules that he does not understand. As always, the topics you bring up are very interesting.