Podcasts about Franz Kafka

Die heutige Episode handelt vom Leben einer der wichtigsten "deutschen" Schriftsteller. Viel Spaß!

Today is the second part of my Latin American orchestral song tribute. Last week we explored Villa-Lobos and Revueltas; today we devote ourselves to Argentina, and primarily two composers: Alberto Ginastera, and Osvaldo Golijov, in settings by writers as varied as Emily Dickinson, Rosalía de Castro, Manuel Mujica Lainez, David Grossman, Mercedes de Toro, Alejandro Casona, and Franz Kafka; performed by Hina Spani, Phyllis Curtin, Dawn Upshaw, Nadine Sierra, Virginia Tola, Mónica Ferracani, and Miriam Khalil, among others, alongside three artists (Rayanne Dupuis, Christopher Dylan Herbert, and Ilana Davidson) who happen to be friends and colleagues of mine. The episode begins with memorial tributes to iconic writer Edmund White and beloved French singer Nicole Croisille, both of whom died this week. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

In the spotlight is Christine Estima — playwright, novelist, a performer. Her debut novel, “Letters to Kafka” is scheduled for release in September, and was preceded by her debut book, “The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society,” named one of the best books of 2023 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.  We discuss:  >> Milena Jesenská, the Czech writer and translator of Franz Kafka novels >> Short stories versus novels >> How to respect one's readers >> The Arab immigrant experience >> Finding literary agents >> Shut Up & Write! The free global writing community >> Etc. Learn more about Christine Estima here: https://www.christineestima.com/home/ Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com

In der Erzählung “Auf der Galerie” beschreibt Franz Kafka in zwei komplett gegensätzlichen Perspektiven die Darbietung einer Künstlerin in der Manege eines Zirkus und das Leiden des Galeriebesuchers durch diesen beiden Darbietungen.

Byla jsem s Felicí ve Veroně. Souvislosti té návštěvy mi docházejí až na zpáteční cestě, ve vlaku do Milána přes Desenzano, kde Franz Kafka v září roku 1913 ležel v trávě a čekal na parník do Gardone.

Today we shared 4 of our favorite quotations and discussed them on their own and in relation to each other. We quoted Dorothy Parker, Lex Luthor, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bob Dylan, Marvel Comics, Richard Rorty, Moby Dick, Ru Paul, Jacques Derrida, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Franz Kafka. 

2 June. Wrote almost nothing. – Franz Kafka, 1912.

Im Jahr 1920 schrieb Franz Kafka die folgende »Kleine Fabel«:»Ach«, sagte die Maus, »die Welt wird enger mit jedem Tag. Zuerst war sie so breit, dass ich Angst hatte, ich lief weiter und war glücklich, dass ich endlich rechts und links in der Ferne Mauern sah, aber diese langen Mauern eilen so schnell aufeinander zu, dass ich schon im letzten Zimmer bin, und dort im Winkel steht die Falle, in die ich laufe.« – »Du musst nur die Laufrichtung ändern«, sagte die Katze und fraß sie.Ich finde, diese Schilderung gibt sehr treffend das Gefühl der Ausweglosigkeit der menschlichen Existenz wieder: Ist das Leben zunächst scheinbar »so weit«, dass uns diese Weite mangels klarer Orientierung Angst macht, so wird es durch die Umstände immer enger und läuft unweigerlich auf den Tod hinaus. Und auch ein Richtungswechsel bringt nicht die Lösung, sondern endet in einer Katastrophe. Das Leben ist in der Tat voller möglicher Sackgassen, aus denen es kein Entkommen gibt; voller Fallen, in die man tappen kann. Mir sind schon viele Menschen begegnet, die in eine Lebenssituation geraten sind, die wirklich ausweglos ist und in die Resignation führt.Doch das muss nicht das Ende aller Hoffnung sein. Jesus Christus macht mit dem Tagesvers die machtvolle Aussage, dass er (allein!) die Tür ist, die selbst aus der ausweglosesten Situation herausführen kann. Für ihn ist noch nicht einmal der Tod – wie bei der Maus – das Ende! Dabei ist er nicht nur ein Ausweg aus der ausweglosen Situation, sondern auch der Weg in ein Leben, das befreit und erfüllend ist – wie eine saftig grüne Weide, auf der die Seele Ruhe, Frieden und Sicherheit finden kann. Und das nicht nur auf Zeit, sondern auf ewig.Markus MajonicaDiese und viele weitere Andachten online lesenWeitere Informationen zu »Leben ist mehr« erhalten Sie unter www.lebenistmehr.deAudioaufnahmen: Radio Segenswelle

Autoren: "Franz Kafka" – Der Hungerkünstler(Hördauer 34 Minuten)Am 3. Juni 1924 starb der Schriftsteller Franz Kafka im Alter von nur 40 Jahren. Obwohl sein Leben früh endete, hat sein literarisches Erbe einen tiefgreifenden Einfluss auf die Weltliteratur ausgeübt und begeistert bis heute Leser und Literaturwissenschaftler weltweit. Anlässlich des 100. Todestags dieses Autors präsentieren wir eine umfassende Auswahl seiner kürzeren Erzählungen, die sein Leben und Schaffen auch in dieser Form würdigen sollen.Wir laden Sie ein, sich von den kafkaesken Erzählungen in jeweils wenigen Minuten verzaubern zu lassen, die wir hier für Sie zusammengestellt haben. Tauchen Sie ein in die facettenreiche Welt eines Autors, dessen Werk auch nach Jahrzehnten noch von ungebrochener Aktualität und Faszination ist.Die meisten Erzählungen liest Marlisa Thumm.Es beginnt Uwe Kullnick mit "Der Hungerkünstler"⁠Vielleicht interessiert Sie auch diese Sendung?⁠    Sprecher und Realisation Uwe Kullnick

In der Strafkolonie ist eine Erzählung von Franz Kafka, die im Oktober 1914 entstand und 1919 veröffentlicht wurde. Einem Forschungsreisenden wird das Rechtssystem einer Strafkolonie vorgeführt. Es besteht darin, dass jeder Angeklagte unabhängig von seiner Schuld von einem Apparat in minutiösem Ablauf stundenlang gefoltert und dann getötet wird. Den Apparat beschreibt Kafka als überdimensionalen Parlograph in der Funktionsweise eines Phonographen mit vibrierender Metallplatte und Nadel. Dieser Apparat ist der Hauptgegenstand der Erzählung, er repräsentiert die Einheit von Schrift und Tod. (

The Lost Doll - Little Girl is by Franz Kafka - This story is for Kids

"Poszukiwany Franz Kafka" - najnowsza książka Remigiusza Grzeli - to reporterska opowieść rozgrywająca się w XX i XXI wieku. O tej publikacji w Dwójce opowiedział sam autor.

Lyrik Wiedergehört: Gedichte von August Stramm – "Die Nacht" ...August Stramms neue überraschende Wortkunst wirkte beispielgebend auf viele Autoren. Dieser Band präsentiert alle Gedichte, die in seinen letzten Lebensjahren veröffentlicht wurden, sowie auch diejenigen, die erst postum publiziert worden sind.Joerg K. Sommermeyer (JS), geb. am 14.10.1947 in Brackenheim,  Edition von Werken Josefa Gerhäusers, Franz Trellers, Oskar Panizzas, Fritz von Ostinis, H ugo Balls, Carl Einsteins, Ludwig Rubiners, Franz Kafkas, Heinrich von Kleists, Christian Morgensterns, Robert Müllers, Joseph von Eichendorffs, Adelbert von Chamissos, Georg Büchners, Denis Diderots, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroders, E. T. A. Hoffmanns, Heinrich Heines. Rainer Maria Rilkes, Annette von Droste-Hülshoffs, Jeremias Gotthelfs und Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachs. Joerg K. Sommermeyer (JS) lebt in Berlin.August Stramm, geboren am 29. Juli 1874 in Münster, gestorben am 1. September 1915 bei Horodec (östlich Kobryn, heute Weißrussland); während eines Sturmangriffs an der Ostfront gefallen. Bedeutender Dichter und Dramatiker des deutschen Expressionismus.Sprecher: Uwe Kullnick

Lyrik Wiedergehört: Gedichte von August Stramm – "Die Nacht" ...August Stramms neue überraschende Wortkunst wirkte beispielgebend auf viele Autoren. Dieser Band präsentiert alle Gedichte, die in seinen letzten Lebensjahren veröffentlicht wurden, sowie auch diejenigen, die erst postum publiziert worden sind.Joerg K. Sommermeyer (JS), geb. am 14.10.1947 in Brackenheim,  Edition von Werken Josefa Gerhäusers, Franz Trellers, Oskar Panizzas, Fritz von Ostinis, Hugo Balls, Carl Einsteins, Ludwig Rubiners, Franz Kafkas, Heinrich von Kleists, Christian Morgensterns, Robert Müllers, Joseph von Eichendorffs, Adelbert von Chamissos, Georg Büchners, Denis Diderots, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroders, E. T. A. Hoffmanns, Heinrich Heines. Rainer Maria Rilkes, Annette von Droste-Hülshoffs, Jeremias Gotthelfs und Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachs. Joerg K. Sommermeyer (JS) lebt in Berlin.August Stramm, geboren am 29. Juli 1874 in Münster, gestorben am 1. September 1915 bei Horodec (östlich Kobryn, heute Weißrussland); während eines Sturmangriffs an der Ostfront gefallen. Bedeutender Dichter und Dramatiker des deutschen Expressionismus.Sprecher: Uwe Kullnick

Novena temporada de Librero SonoroEpisodio 15Conducción: Grace Lugo Gracia Este episodio conmemora dos hitos de la literatura del siglo XX: los 110 años de La metamorfosis y el centenario de El proceso, dos obras emblemáticas de Franz Kafka que moldearon el imaginario de lo absurdo, lo opresivo y lo inquietante en la modernidad. Exploramos qué significa hoy "lo kafkiano", cómo la figura del individuo atrapado en sistemas incomprensibles sigue vigente, y por qué Kafka, a pesar de su deseo de ser olvidado, se convirtió en una figura indispensable para entender la alienación contemporánea.  Pistas utilizadas:1- Biblioteca compuesta por Ana Leyva Luna y Amaury Pérez Vega.2- "Juan Sánchez - Blue Nights" está bajo una licencia Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) Música promocionada por Breaking Copyright: https://bit.ly/bkc-blue-nights

Kaz and Tubes are joined by Jacob Golding, Director of Kafka’s Monkey, and star of the one-woman show, Penny McDonald. Listen as they preview the thought-provoking adaptation of Franz Kafka’s A Report to an Academy, at the Peacock Theatre this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hoy vamos a hablar de literatura y de paternidad. De la dificultad de ser padre y de la dificultad de ser hijo. De la dificultad de ser un escritor traumatizado por la figura de tu padre y tratar de reflejarlo en una obra, quien sabe si para exorcizar los demonios que provienen de esa herida paterna. Hoy vamos a abrir la caja de Pandora de la familia. El origen del amor y el origen del dolor. La fuente terrenal que nos da la vida y que a veces, en el peor de los casos, nos la quita. En otros programas, totalmente desmelenados, ya nos hemos atrevido a hablar de los amores difíciles, del despropósito de la belleza, de la locura que se esconde tras la genialidad, pero, quizás, hoy abordemos el tema más complicado, íntimo y personal que jamás nos hayamos atrevido a tratar en Nadie al Volante. Y es que ¿cómo podríamos tratar de comprender a escritores como Franz Kafka sin entender la desasosegante relación que mantuvo con su padre? o la figura de Neruda sin conocer la negativa de su padre a que se dedicara a la literatura o de que lleguemos a detestarlo a él mismo por con la cruel, absurda e inexplicable manera con la que trato a su propia hija. O sería una auténtica osadía enfrentarnos a la obra de James Baldwin sin conocer el no reconocimiento de su padre biológico o la turbulenta relación con su padrastro. De hecho, la lectura de la novela del propio Baldwin, Ve y dilo en la Montaña, recientemente traducida al castellano, es la que nos ha abocado sin remisión a la realización de este programa, ya que en esta obra confronta con una valentía y una audacia inconmensurable el farragoso vínculo con su padrastro. Hoy en la sección Poetical Resistance vamos a rompernos la camisa para dejar a la luz nuestra propia herida y nuestra propia cicatriz, para desde nuestra propia experiencia imbuirnos en las situaciones de horror, melancolía y miseria a la que nuestros héroes literarios fueron sometidos, o las situaciones de destrucción a la que sometieron a otros por uno de los grandes temas de la humanidad: El trauma. Hoy dejamos las venas abiertas de Nadie al Volante para hablar de la dificultad de ser padre.

What would Kafka think about our attention economy today? And what about the state of our art? Find out more! 

Philosophize This!: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday --------- Today we talk about Camus' book The Fall and what the main character represents in his larger project. We also talk about someone Camus deeply admired, Franz Kafka, and how to think of the images he created in his work. We talk about the experience of the modern individual in relation to politics. We also talk about what Camus and Kafka disagreed on. Hope you love it. :) Sponsor: Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

En este episodio nos adentramos en el oscuro y sangriento universo de Doom, el icónico videojuego de id Software que cambió para siempre el modo en que entendemos el terror interactivo. Pero hoy no hablaremos de armas ni de demonios... sino de narrativa. ¿Puede un FPS de los 90 ser interpretado como una alegoría existencial? ¿Qué hay detrás de sus laberintos pixelados y su violencia desatada? Aquí respondemos a esas preguntas con un enfoque literario y simbólico que te hará mirar a Doom con otros ojos. Gilgamesh, Homero, Virgilio, Dante Alighieri, John Milton, Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, William Blake, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Celan, Elfriede Jelinek, W. G. Sebald, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Samuel Beckett, Franz Kafka, Georges Bataille, Thomas Ligotti, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nick Land, Cormac McCarthy..., todos ellos, de un modo u otro, están relacionados con el tema que nos ocupa el día de hoy. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vuelodelcometa YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vuelodelcometa Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vuelodelcometa Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vuelodelcometa.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vuelodelcometa Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vuelodelcometa Telegram: https://t.me/vuelodelcometacomunidad WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb16aSZEawdwoA2TD235 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vuelodelcometa Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@Vuelodelcometa Web: alvaroaparicio.net Si quieres apoyar este y otros proyectos relacionados: https://www.patreon.com/vuelodelcometa o a través del sistema de mecenazgo en iVoox. Y si quieres contactar con nosotros para una promoción, no dudes en ponerte en contacto a través de: vuelodelcometapodcast@gmail.com Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Today we talk about Camus' book The Fall and what the main character represents in his larger project. We also talk about someone Camus deeply admired, Franz Kafka, and how to think of the images he created in his work. We talk about the experience of the modern individual in relation to politics. We also talk about what Camus and Kafka disagreed on. Hope you love it. :) Sponsor: Better Help: https://www.BetterHelp.com/PHILTHIS Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis  Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nach acht Teilen ist Schluss für den Geheimagenten Ethan Hunt – zumindest wird sich Tom Cruise von dieser Reihe verabschieden. Grund genug, um noch einmal den ersten Teil von „Mission Impossible“ genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Regisseur Brian De Palma orientierte sich 1996 am Film noir, am Giallo und an Alfred Hitchcock und kombinierte dies mit der Moderne der 1990er-Jahre. Dass immer wieder Gesichter sich als Gummimasken entpuppen, die abgezogen werden, ist nur ein besonders offensichtlicher Hinweis, dass es um eine fraglich gewordene Identität und ihre Verifizierung geht. Das andere Thema ist der menschliche Körper, der einer hochtechnisierten Welt gegenübersteht. Ethan Hunt läuft durch eine moderne Welt, die für das Individuum prekär wird. Das Individuum soll sich primär als Passagier verstehen, wogegen der Protagonist vehement ankämpft – wenngleich er anders als James Bond dazu häufig auf ein Team angewiesen ist. Was hier im spektakulären Blockbuster-Gewand daherkommt, begegnet uns schon knapp 100 Jahre früher in Prag: nämlich im Werk von Franz Kafka.   Literatur: Franz Kafka: „Die Vorüberlaufenden“ und „Der Fahrgast“ in: Ders.: Die Erzählungen. Originalfassung. S. Fischer.     Sie können DIE FILMANALYSE finanziell unterstützen - vielen Dank! PayPal: http://www.paypal.me/filmanalyse Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wolfgangmschmitt   Wolfgang M. Schmitt Sparkasse Neuwied IBAN: DE29 5745 0120 0130 7858 43 BIC: MALADE51NWD   Das Best-Of von DIE FILMANALYSE als Buch. Mit einem Vorwort von Dominik Graf. Affiliate-Link: https://amzn.to/3NCkVHB Unser Kinderbuch „Die kleinen Holzdiebe und das Rätsel des Juggernaut“ ist erschienen! Affiliate-Link: https://amzn.to/47h1LQI Die Anthologie SELBST SCHULD! ist jetzt erschienen. Affiliate-Link: https://amzn.to/47qau3a Produziert von FatboyFilm: https://www.fatboyfilm.de/ https://www.facebook.com/fatboyfilm/ https://www.instagram.com/fatboyfilm/

Samtiden säger att vi ska uthärda och aldrig ge upp. Men att alltid avsluta saker leder till tyranni, konstaterar David Wästerfors. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Det går lätt i början, du nästan flyger fram. Musiken i hörlurarna lyfter dig, stegen känns självklara, skorna sitter perfekt. Marken liksom fjädrar när du springer din favoritrunda i kvarteret, på väg mot parken.Men efter ett tag blir andningen tyngre. Benen känns stumma, humöret förmörkas. Det här blir för tufft, du har överskattat dig själv, du måste ge upp.Men hur då, egentligen? Stanna och gå tillbaka – så nesligt och meningslöst. Stanna och vila – även det ganska nesligt. Det blir svårt att komma i gång igen, kanske omöjligt.Du känner igen motståndet och de dystra tankarna. Du biter ihop och härdar ut. Du fortsätter, fortsätter, fortsätter.En sådan här bild av kamp och envishet utgör en kontrast till bilden av att ge upp. Att ge upp gör oss sällan stolta eller malliga. Vi döljer gärna våra övergivna projekt och avbrutna löparrundor eller bäddar ned dem i fraser och lånade resonemang. ”Jag kände mig krasslig”, ”musten gick ur mig”, ”vädret slog om”, ”jag fick ett samtal”. Att ge upp brukar kräva en förklaring – en kulturellt tillgänglig ursäkt – vilket motsatsen inte alls kräver, alltså att lyckas, att fullfölja något.Hjältar i filmer eller spänningsromaner ger sig inte, däri ligger själva hjältestatusen. Motgångar infinner sig förstås, men till slut reser de sig. Men hjältarna blir tragiska om de helt saknar förmåga att i vissa lägen ta ett steg tillbaka och omgruppera. Att fortsätta slåss när slaget är förlorat blir ingen hjältesaga, bara ett kvitto på bristande ödmjukhet och realism.Vi säger väl aldrig ”hon är riktigt bra på att ge upp” eller ”att ge upp kan vara bra för dig”, men vi kan legitimera en avbruten strävan med att vi lärt känna våra begränsningar. Att tillåta sig ge upp i en prestationsorienterad kultur kan rättfärdigas precis så, som om vi förväntas finna en lärdom även i nederlaget, en tröstande liten vinst.Ungefär de här tankarna finner jag i den brittiske essäisten Adam Phillips bok ”On Giving Up”. Jag känner mig lite lurad av titeln eftersom bara den första texten handlar om att ge upp. Resten handlar om andra saker, till exempel om känslan av att vara vid liv eller om nöjet i att censurera sig själv.Adam Phillips är psykoanalytiker och förlorar sig naturligtvis i Sigmund Freud och psykoanalysens interna angelägenheter. På sidan 67 är jag nära att ge upp. Phillips tolkning av intrigerna mellan Freud och hans kronprins Carl Jung på det internationella psykoanalytiska förbundets kongress i München 1913 intresserar mig måttligt. Jag har andra olästa böcker i hyllorna. Varför ska jag lägga tid på just den här?Men skam den som ger sig. Jag fortsätter, fortsätter, fortsätter.Phillips lånar en aforism av Franz Kafka för att formulera vårt kanske vanligaste trick för att motstå frestelsen att ge upp. Vid en viss punkt, skrev Kafka, finns ingen väg tillbaka, ”och det är den punkten som måste nås”. Om vi bara lyckas avverka en så lång bit av löparrundan att vi lika gärna kan fortsätta – att vi hellre kan fortsätta, att det känns för sent att vända om – ja, då minskar risken för att vi kapitulerar. Vi kan med andra ord arrangera våra egna och andras handlingar så att frestelsen göms undan eller minimeras.Framgång består i att nå Kafkas punkt, att se till att bomma igen fönstren och stänga nödutgången. Men Phillips lyfter också fram det faktum att ”giving up” är tvetydigt. På svenska är den här tvetydigheten dold, men på engelska blir den uppenbar: ”to give up smoking”, ”to give up drinking”. Att ”ge upp” kan stå för något vi ibland beundrar och vill ta efter. Det finns en sorts ”ge upp” när vi tror att vi kan förändras och en annan sort när vi tror att vi inte kan det. I båda fallen offras något, men värderingen av det som offras varierar.Den här tvetydigheten i handlingen att ge upp är talande. Att alltid avsluta saker blir tyranni, ett slags förtryck som begränsar vårt medvetande. Det kan ge oss tunnelseende eller en avsmalnad uppfattningsförmåga, som om vi inte kunde föreställa oss något annat än ”framåt, framåt!” Att ge upp kan då synliggöra andra vägar – åt sidan eller bakåt. Vi kan också få syn på vårt beroende av andra som kanske fångar upp oss när vi faller, som kommer med en kopp te och några lindrande ord – och påminner om alternativ.Att ge upp har fått dåligt rykte i vår kultur, men ett milt och försiktigt sätt att erkänna sig besegrad skiljer sig från ett drastiskt. Det måste inte ses som skamligt.Ett självmord är den mest slutliga och radikala kapitulation vi kan föreställa oss. Självmord anses fel, ett kulturell tabu, tidigare var det kriminaliserat. Och ogillandet av självmordet kanske på ett underförstått sätt bidrar till att även små kapitulationer har fått något skamset över sig, som om hela ens identitet skulle gå till spillo i och med att Projekt A eller B kapsejsar.En mjukare modell finns i sömnen. Varje kväll ger vi upp när vi avslutar dagen och lägger oss i sängen. Vi överger ambitionerna, planerna, vår fåfänga strävan och våra offentliga roller. Vi överlämnar oss till det planlösa, det omedvetna. Att somna utgör en vardaglig variant av att erkänna sig besegrad, kulturellt godkänd och mentalt stärkande.Vi vill inte vara en ständigt vaken, sömnlös person – vi vet hur lättretlig en sådan person är. Vi vill vara en återställd och utvilad människa, alltså en som igår kväll gav upp. Men vi gav inte upp för alltid, vi gav bara upp just där och då.Inför varje strid mot de vita kolonisatörer i Nordamerika under 1800-talet brukade urfolket the Crow uppföra soldansen, en vädjande och stärkande dans med militära inslag. Men folket kuvades och stod inför utplåning. Vad skulle de göra med soldansen när det inte längre fanns någon mening att slåss? Tre alternativ stod till buds: att fortsätta dansa som om inget hade hänt, trots att den heliga funktionen försvunnit; att hitta på en ny mening med dansen, kanske definiera den som hälsobringande eller en vädjan om vackert väder; eller helt enkelt ge upp.The Crow gav upp soldansen kring 1875. Det blev ett sätt att bekräfta den kulturella förstörelsen. Risken fanns att dansen annars skulle degenerera till en nostalgisk parodi på sig själv. Därmed blev det också möjligt för urfolket att röra sig bortom sitt nederlag och inte fastna i det förflutna. Det var dags att – hur orättvist det än var – arbeta fram mer pragmatiska relationer till den där vita överheten.Det är inte givet att den som tvingas ge upp verkligen avstår från att skapa något.När den prisade författaren Sami Said intervjuades i radion och fick frågan ”hur vet du att du är klar?” citerade han sin kollega Claes Hylinger som sagt att det vet man aldrig som författare. Man blir faktiskt aldrig färdig med sitt manus. Man ger upp.Said beskrev hur han sitter med sina tusentals sidor – utkast och fragment i överflöd – och in i det sista är genuint osäker på hur hans roman ska se ut.Till slut skickar han in ändå, ”skit samma”. Och sen trycks boken.David Wästerforssociolog

In the stories of Franz Kafka we find the fantastical wearing the most ordinary, realist dress. Though haunted by abjection and failure, Kafka has come to embody the power and potential of literary imagination in the 20th century as it confronts the nightmares of modernity. In this episode, Marina Warner is joined by Adam Thirlwell to discuss the ways in which Kafka extended the realist tradition of the European novel by drawing on ‘simple forms' – proverbs, wisdom literature and animal fables – to push the boundaries of what literature could explore, with reference to stories including ‘The Judgment', ‘In the Penal Colony' and ‘A Report to the Academy'.Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and all our other Close Readings series, subscribe:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/applecrffIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsffFurther reading in the LRB:Franz Kafka (trans. Michael Hofmann): Unknown Lawshttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v37/n14/franz-kafka/short-cutsRivka Galchen: What Kind of Funny is He?https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v36/n23/rivka-galchen/what-kind-of-funny-is-heJudith Butler: Who Owns Kafka?https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v33/n05/judith-butler/who-owns-kafkaJ.P. Stern: Bad Faithhttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v05/n13/j.p.-stern/bad-faithNext episode: Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found at Saragossa and stories by Isak Dinesen.Get the books: https://lrb.me/crbooklist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ÜBER RHIZOME. ÜBER HIERARCHIEN. ÜBER DAS DENKEN DIESER TAGE. EIN HÖRWURZELN MIT INTERNODIEN BEI GILLES DELEUZE & FELIX GUATTARI, SALLY MANN & FRANZ KAFKA. ANLÄSSLICH DER AUSSTELLUNG „VERWURZELT & VERZWEIGT“ (DRAIFLESSEN COLLECTION)

Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis is a strange tale that poses the question of what it would be like to one day wake up and suddenly find yourself transformed into an insect, however, through the use of satire and absurdism, Kafka has sculpted a story that has far deeper meaning. Join Dave and Greg as they explore themes of isolation, disability, and poor mental health within Kafka's most well known story.   Intro/Outro Music by 13th Ward Social Club https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Gvw7YedKx6d2fhiObH5Cc https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzmdJyWuzBpwlsCtn_sVC_A

Hoe krijg je door wie je bent, wie je aan het worden bent? Wat heeft de kracht om je stil te zetten, om je aan het denken te krijgen over jezelf? Eén antwoord is: de literatuur! Díe heeft de kracht om je te veranderen. Je leest een boek of een gedicht, en je denkt: ‘Zo ben ik. En dat is niet best'. Of je kijkt naar een kunstwerk en je denkt: ‘Die schoonheid, dat wil ik ook. Zo dóórleven zoals ik nu leef, dat kan niet. Ik wil veranderen.' Franz Kafka, de Joods-Tsjechische schrijver zei: Een boek moet een bijl zijn voor de bevroren zee in ons. Grote literatuur kan iets in je breken, iets wat bevroren is of wat keihard was. Het is ook omgekeerd zo. Er zijn boeken, en films, en podcasts, en preken, waar je niks van leert. Ze bevestigen je alleen maar. Of ze bekritiseren anderen, maar niet jou. Of het is slechts amusement, tijdverdrijf, maar je leert niks. Je leert jezelf niet doorzien. Deze aflevering gaat over Flannery O'Connor, een Amerikaanse schrijfster. Centraal staat een verhaal door haar geschreven, een short story. Het verhaal heet revelation, openbaring. Het gaat er hard aan toe, in dat verhaal. Dat hoort bij openbaring. Het is op een mooie manier ontregelend. Het is een soort parabel. Literatuurcriticus Tjerk de Reus helpt ons in de interpretatie van het verhaal. 

Eine Komödie über Sprache, Kafka und das "Aussteigen". Georg Horvath hat das Vertrauen in die Sprache verloren. Und auch physisch kommt der Justiziar auf einer Handelsreise nach Brasilien abhanden. In Rio gerät er in die Hände eines Chauffeurs, der ihn überall hinbringt, nur nicht an sein Ziel. Eine Entführung? Eine Verwechslung? Auf der kurvigen Irrfahrt will es Georg Horvath selbst nicht so recht wissen und lässt es mit sich geschehen. In seinem Kopf reisen mit: Regina, seine in allen Dingen professionelle Lebensgefährtin, ein labyrinthisches Bukarester Kongresshotel und Franz Kafka. Autor: Saša Stanišić Besetzung: Martin Engler als Horvath, Victoria Trautmannsdorff als Regina, Kleber Valim als Ali, Katja Brügger als Alte, Barnaby Metschurat als Powala, Fumio Okura als Asiate, Peter Kaempfe als Kapitän, Céline Fontanges als Flugbegleiterin, Valentin Platareanu als Pullunder, Christoph Luser als Walter, Hans Schernthaner als van Sannen, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger als Hartmut Vogel, Jon Kiriac als Taxifahrer, Christian Onciu als Diener Komposition: Andreas Bick Vibraphon: Karl Ivar Refseth Gitarre: Christian Kögel Berimbau: Andreas Weiser Technische Realisation: Christian Alpen und Sebastian Ohm Regie: Oliver Sturm Dramaturgie: Michael Becker Redaktion: Thilo Guschas Produktion: Norddeutscher Rundfunk 2017 Jetzt abonnieren: "Die Erschöpften" l Hörspielserie in 10 Folgen von Oliver Sturm https://1.ard.de/dieerschoepften

Boy are cockroaches gross!'Metamorphosis & Other Stories' by Franz Kafka is a collection of prose poems, short stories, sketches, allegories, and novelettes. The longest is of Gregor Samsa, the travelling salesman who wakes up in his bed as a cockroach. You'll find others about conflict on a ship, dealing with annoying people on the street, etc. All are told in the surreal style he is known for, along with his dry humour.If you got value from the podcast please provide support back in any way you best see fit!Timeline:(00:00:00) Intro(00:02:51) Themes/Questions(00:15:30) Author & Extras(00:21:49) Summary(00:24:34) Value 4 Value(00:26:01) Join Live! Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspodsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastsValue 4 Value Support:Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/supportPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

Can Literary Wisdom Counter Despair and Deepen Your Faith? In this episode of Good Faith Presents: Reading to Make Sense of the World, Curtis Chang and author-professor Jessica Hooten Wilson explore the spiritual insights of Flannery O'Connor's prayer journal. They examine how O'Connor's raw honesty, humility, and startling imagery confront the modern obsession with self and offer a radical vision of divine grace. Jessica helps listeners see why O'Connor's work is more than provocative—it's prophetic. Resources or references mentioned in this episode: Flannery O'Connor at 100 Excerpts from Flannery O'Connor's journal (printed in The New Yorker) Flannery O'Connor's A Prayer Journal Jessica Hooten wilson's Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress A Life in Psychiatry and Literature: (an interview with Robert Coles) Good Faith episode featuring Amy Low (Facing Cancer with Humor and Hope) Good Faith episode featuring Nancy French (Ghosted: an American Story) What Is Kafkaesque? - The 'Philosophy' of Franz Kafka (video explainer) More From Jessica Hooten Wilson: Jessica Hooten Wilson's website Explore Jessica's books HERE Read articles and Essay by Jessica HERE Follow Us: Good Faith on Instagram Good Faith on X (formerly Twitter) Good Faith on Facebook   Sign up: Redeeming Babel Newsletter

Donald Trump has been ripping up the rule book on global trade, implementing huge tariffs and sending markets into a frenzy. But is there any method in his apparent madness? Legendary Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek regales Aaron with his thoughts on US trade policy – not to mention Franz Kafka, fully automated luxury communism and whether […]

Franz Kafka - jeśli ten wielki pisarz, autor „Procesu”, „Zamku” czy „Przemiany” kojarzy się nam z czymś najmniej, to jest to pisanie liryczne i romantyczne. Niewidoczne w jego prozie delikatność i uczuciowość odkrywamy czytając listy Kafki do Mileny, jego wielkiej niespełnionej miłości. Czy te intymne i niezwykle szczere teksty mogą być kluczem do głębszego odczytania literackiego dzieła jednego z największych pisarzy XX wieku?Lektura „Listów do Mileny” prowokuje też wiele innych pytań, np. takie – czy słowo ma potencjał miłosnotwórczy? A jeśli tak, to co to nam mówi o naturze języka, uczucia i literatury?Gościem tego odcinka jest znakomity literaturoznawca profesor Ryszard Koziołek.Gość: Ryszard KoziołekProwadzenie: Agata KasprolewiczKsiążka: „Listy do Mileny” Franz Kafka, wydawnictwo Znak---------------------------------------------Raport o stanie świata to audycja, która istnieje dzięki naszym Patronom, dołącz się do zbiórki ➡️ ⁠https://patronite.pl/DariuszRosiak⁠Subskrybuj newsletter Raportu o stanie świata ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠➡️ ⁠https://dariuszrosiak.substack.com⁠Koszulki i kubki Raportu ➡️ ⁠https://patronite-sklep.pl/kolekcja/raport-o-stanie-swiata/⁠ [Autopromocja]

Familienchronik • Großeltern, die Fernbeziehungen führen, Eltern, die alles anders machen wollen, Literaturübersetzung als Lebensrealität und ein junger Erwachsener, der Orientierung sucht. Hundert Jahre Familiengeschichte zwischen Istanbul und dem Ruhrgebiet: Mobilität, Literatur und Erfahrungen von Krieg und Verlust von Privilegien entwickeln generationenübergreifende Fliehkräfte, denen die Figuren nicht immer gewachsen scheinen. | Von Akin Emanuel Sipal | Mit Timur Isik, Elif Esmen, Ercan Durmaz, Sibylle Canonica, Walter Hess, Dunja Bengsch, Jelena Kuljíc, Soraya Bouabsa, Sebastian Brandes, Kilian Gehl u.a. | Regie: Jakob Roth und Pauline Seiberlich | BR 2025 | Podcast-Empfehlung: "Der Process" - 13teiliges Hörspiel nach Franz Kafka: https://1.ard.de/kafka-process-hoerspiel-audiothek

In this (spoiler-free) episode, we give YOU, the listener, all the tools you need to confidently and appropriately use the term Kafkaesque the next time Severance comes up in conversation. During Why This, Why Now?, Hannah guides Marcelle through some very compelling ideas about the show's popularity (did someone say "pandemic?"). We then move into The Theory We Need where the conversation turns to Marxism, surrealism, anti-capitalism and, you guessed it, Franz Kafka! The best news? By the end of the episode, you earn a MUSIC DANCE EXPERIENCE! Not really, (because we're a podcast), but we do end the episode with Hannah's thesis about state power, repression of grief, corporate culture and entertainment — and in a way, isn't that just as "elite" and "coveted AF?"To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca. We'll be back in two weeks with a Material Concerns episode, but until then, go check out all the other content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease! Patreon is how we produce the show and pay our team! Thanks again to all of you who have already made the leap to join us there! We're currently doing a Patreon push, so please consider joining today to get all our extra perks, along with the backlog of bonuses!***Material Girls is a show that aims to make sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand.*Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Materialist critique is really interested in the question of why a particular cultural work or practice emerged at a particular moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this (spoiler-free) episode, we give YOU, the listener, all the tools you need to confidently and appropriately use the term Kafkaesque the next time Severance comes up in conversation. During Why This, Why Now?, Hannah guides Marcelle through some very compelling ideas about the show's popularity (did someone say "pandemic?"). We then move into The Theory We Need where the conversation turns to Marxism, surrealism, anti-capitalism and, you guessed it, Franz Kafka! The best news? By the end of the episode, you earn a MUSIC DANCE EXPERIENCE! Not really, (because we're a podcast), but we do end the episode with Hannah's thesis about state power, repression of grief, corporate culture and entertainment — and in a way, isn't that just as "elite" and "coveted AF?"To learn more about Material Girls, head to our Instagram at instagram.com/ohwitchplease! Or check out our website ohwitchplease.ca. We'll be back in two weeks with a Material Concerns episode, but until then, go check out all the other content we have on our Patreon at Patreon.com/ohwitchplease! Patreon is how we produce the show and pay our team! Thanks again to all of you who have already made the leap to join us there! We're currently doing a Patreon push, so please consider joining today to get all our extra perks, along with the backlog of bonuses!***Material Girls is a show that aims to make sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (something popular now or from back in the day) and over the course of three distinct segments, Hannah and Marcelle apply their academic expertise to the topic at hand.*Materialist Critique is, at its simplest possible level, a form of cultural critique – that is, scholarly engagement with a cultural text of some kind – that is interested in modes of production, moments of reception, and the historical and ideological contexts for both. Materialist critique is really interested in the question of why a particular cultural work or practice emerged at a particular moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass are strange books, a testament to their author's defiant unconventionality. Through them, Lewis Carroll transformed popular culture, our everyday idioms and our ideas of childhood and the fantastic, and they remain enormously popular.Anna Della Subin joins Marina Warner to explore the many puzzles of the Alice books. They discuss the way Carroll illuminates other questions raised in this series: of dream states, the nature of consciousness, the transformative power of language and the arbitrariness of authority.Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and all our other Close Readings series, subscribe:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/applecrffIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsffFurther reading in the LRB:Marina Warner: You Must Not Askhttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v18/n01/marina-warner/you-must-not-askDinah Birch: Never Seen A Violethttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n17/dinah-birch/never-seen-a-violetMarina Warner: Doubly Damnedhttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v29/n03/marina-warner/doubly-damnedGet the books: https://lrb.me/crbooklistNext episode: The stories of Franz Kafka, with Adam Thirlwell.Marina Warner is a writer of history, fiction and criticism whose many books include Stranger Magic, Forms of Enchantment and Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale. She was awarded the Holberg Prize in 2015 and is a contributing editor at the LRB.Anna Della Subin's study of men who unwittingly became deities, Accidental Gods, was published in 2022. She has been writing for the LRB since 2014. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The itinerary of Faithfully Seeking Franz comprises an irregular quest for dead mentor, modernist author Franz Kafka--in places he lived, worked, vacationed and convalesced, and in the body of work he left: fiction, diaries, notebooks, and correspondence. The search for the man inside the writer is both a personal journey and a joint venture of two in the field: E. and M. in pursuit of K. The story might even be said to unfold as a love note to triangulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB's Patreon!Credits:Guest: Marita ArvanitiTitle: Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope MirrleesHost: Jake Casella BrookinsMusic by Giselle Gabrielle GarciaArtwork by Rob PattersonOpening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughReferences:A Meal of Thorns and the Ancillary Review of Books are Hugo finalists! We are delighted and honored; a big congratulations to all the finalists.Dianna Wynne Jones, Greer Gilman, Elizabeth BearDianna Wynne Jones' Fire and HemlockElizabeth Hand's Mortal LovePamela Dean's Tam LinTerri Windling & Ellen Datlow edited fairytale collectionsRobin Hobb's Mad Ship Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin booksAmal El-Mohtar's The River Has RootsRobert Jackson Bennett's A Drop of CorruptionE.R. EddisonLaurie J. Marks' Elemental Logic seriesKatherine Arden's The Bear and the NightingaleEuripedes' The BacchaeFriedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of TragedyMichael Swanwick's Hope in the MistJ.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit & The Lord of the RingsC.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, specifically Prince CaspianRobert Luketic's Legally BlondeEdgar Allen Poe, Julio Cortázar, Franz Kafka, H.P. LovecraftUrsula K. Le Guin's The Farthest ShoreAnne Carson's translation of BakkhaiChristina Rossetti's Goblin MarketSusanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellFritz Lang's MetropolisN.K. Jemisin's The Hundred Thousand KingdomsSofia Samatar's Olondrian novelsSylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly WillowesNaomi Mitchison's To the Chapel Perilous and Memoirs of a SpacewomanT.H. White, Tanith LeeEllen Kushner's Thomas the RhymerJo Walton's Among OthersKat Howard's Roses and RotElizabeth Hand's Waking the MoonTerri Windling's The Wood WifeGuardian Article on romantasyCopyright romantasy caseSarah J. MaasJacqueline Carey Kushiel's DartNicholas Stuart Gray's Seven SwansMarita's Instagram

The itinerary of Faithfully Seeking Franz comprises an irregular quest for dead mentor, modernist author Franz Kafka--in places he lived, worked, vacationed and convalesced, and in the body of work he left: fiction, diaries, notebooks, and correspondence. The search for the man inside the writer is both a personal journey and a joint venture of two in the field: E. and M. in pursuit of K. The story might even be said to unfold as a love note to triangulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The itinerary of Faithfully Seeking Franz comprises an irregular quest for dead mentor, modernist author Franz Kafka--in places he lived, worked, vacationed and convalesced, and in the body of work he left: fiction, diaries, notebooks, and correspondence. The search for the man inside the writer is both a personal journey and a joint venture of two in the field: E. and M. in pursuit of K. The story might even be said to unfold as a love note to triangulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Pour René Girard, la rivalité est une conséquence du désir : nous désirons les mêmes choses, et nous nous faisons mutuellement obstacle. Derrière toute rivalité, nous dit-il, il y a le désir secret de nous approprier ce que possède l'autre, ou de l'en déposséder. Analyse de cette conception.Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

El protagonista de 'Canon de cámara oscura' de  Enrique Vila-Matas , el supuesto androide y escritor Vidal Escabia, recibe una herencia y un trabajo del que fuese su maestro Altobelli. Hereda todos su biblioteca y debe reducirla haciendo un canon subjetivo e intempestivo. Debe seleccionar  entre todos los libros aquellos que, por la razón que sean, le llamen la atención. Es una labor totalmente subjetiva del narrador. Su autor, Vila-Matas, además de dejarnos hoy 'Canos de cámara oscira (Seix Barral) nos ha donado otros dos libros: 'Diarios' de Franz Kafka (DeBolsillo) y  'Maupassant y el otro' de Alberto Savinio (Acantilado). El otro gran donante de la semana ha sido, como siempre, nuestro bibliotecario Antonio Martínez Asensio que nos ha dejado por motivos de actualidad 'Gran bar distopía' de Manuel García Rubio (Ediciones de la Torre) y 'Triste tigre' de Neige Sinno (Anagrama)., y luego m por su programa 'Un libro una hora',  'Un viejo que leía novelas de amor' de Luis Sepúlveda (Tusquets). En el capítulo de novedades, el empleado de La Biblioteca de Hoy por Hoy Pepe Rubio nos ha traído 'Te siguen' de Belén Gopegui Durán (Random House) y  'Tim' de Ray Loriga (Alfaguara) . El libro perdido y recuperado por Pascual Donate fue 'Mañana tal vez el futuro' de Sarah Watling (Taurus). Y los últimos donantes de nuestra Biblioteca, que siempre son los primeros, fueron los oyentes que dejaron en nuestros anaqueles: 'Solo los escarabajos vuelan al amanecer' de María Gripe (SM) , 'Las minas del Rey Salomón' de H. Rider Haggard (Reino de Cordelia) y 'Los lobos del bosque de la eternidad' de Karl Ove (Anagrama) 

ANTUMBRA Welcome to the ÜberCube! It's the perfect society where everyone enjoys fun social gatherings every night; where everyone enjoys tasty, expertly balanced nutritious food; where everybody has a job and a home of their own, complete with the latest model EMILY personal helper to manage all those parts of life you don't need to; where you can buy the latest must-have items and have them delivered immediately to your personal Cube the very second they are announced by the NewsFeeds! Angela had the perfect life in the perfect society where all of her needs were met instantly, and where everyone was perfectly happy. Only Angela wasn't. Angela felt like a stranger in the ÜberCube where she had lived all her life, she just couldn't understand why everyone else was so blissfully content while she alone dreaded the mandatory social occasions and the saccharine pleasantries they entailed.  That was until her only friend disappeared suspiciously overnight and she was catapulted into a journey of discovery leading her to the inevitable horror of her existence and the ultimate question: can she ever become truly free? TOPICS OF CONVERSATION The Dystopian World – Controlled society in Uber Cubes, AI surveillance (EMILYs), and the illusion of comfort. Character Arcs – Angela's reluctant rebellion and Gabe's contrasting role and values. Themes of Control – Media manipulation, emotion suppression, and AI influence. Symbolic Elements – The mysterious Metacube and Kiddie Cubes as tools of indoctrination. Writing Process & Impact – The book as a cautionary tale, character-driven changes, and reader reactions. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Paul L Merryfellow is a British-Irish author and software engineer based in London, UK. His love of science fiction stems from authors such as Ray Bradbury, Philip K Dick, and Douglas Adams, and he further enjoys a variety of authors in other genres, such as P G Wodehouse, Franz Kafka, and James Herbert. Paul is a keen (though lousy) archer, and he spends much time examining the nuances of communication and societal norms through language and culture. He is a Licenced Lay Minister under the Church of England, a puppeteer, and plays the guitar, ukulele, and banjo (in various degrees of "terrible"). Paul is at his happiest when discovering something new and bizarre to investigate! CONNECT WITH PAUL MERRYFELLOW! https://linktr.ee/PaulMerryfellow https://paulmerryfellow.co.uk/ https://goodreads.com/paul-merryfellow  https://amazon.com/author/paul-merryfellow  https://medium.com/@paul_merryfellow  https://bsky.app/profile/plmerryfellow.bsky.social  https://www.facebook.com/pmerryfellow  https://x.com/PLMerryfellow 

"This composition tells the story of an iron bridge, interweaving history, tragedy, and renewal. Drawing from Franz Kafka's enigmatic short story The Bridge and Renzo Piano's speech at the inauguration of the Genoa Saint George Bridge, it explores the profound symbolism of bridges—not just as structures, but as living entities that connect, endure, and sometimes fall. "At the heart of this work are two iconic bridges: The Iron Bridge, Gorge – The world's first iron bridge, completed in 1779 over the River Severn, a pioneering feat of engineering and a tribute to human ingenuity. The Saint George Bridge, Genoa – Designed by Renzo Piano, this bridge was born from tragedy, rising in place of the collapsed Ponte Morandi, which claimed lives on August 14, 2018. Its reconstruction symbolises resilience and the power of renewal. "The composition is deeply connected to sound as a storytelling medium. The barking of dogs forms the foundation of the recording, evoking both a raw, primal presence and the echoes of history. To further enhance the conceptual depth, I chose a quote from Kafka's The Bridge to be read by an AI voice. This artificial rendering of Kafka's words adds an uncanny, almost spectral presence—blurring the line between the human and the mechanical, much like the bridges themselves, which are both engineered structures and deeply symbolic entities. "Interwoven with the music of renowned composer Lucio Lazzaruolo, these sonic elements create an immersive and emotional landscape—one where bridges breathe, speak, and remember. "By merging Kafka's poetic vision of bridges as human-like beings with the legacies of these remarkable structures, this piece seeks to exalt the heritage, memory, and deeper meaning of bridges in our world." Ironbridge Gorge reimagined by Giovanna Iorio (concept) Lucio Lazzaruolo (music). ——————— This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world's most famous sights. Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage

durée : 00:15:02 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Albane Penaranda - En 1920, Gustav Janouch, lycéen, rencontre Kafka. Ils nouent une relation amicale et Gustav Janouch note avec précision dans ses carnets les discussions avec Franz Kafka, parues sous le titre "Conversations avec Kafka". Un témoignage rare analysé dans l'émission "Etranger mon ami" en mars 1978. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Monique Nemer; Dominique Arban

本期摘要 友友们好！这期节目有点特殊，是我上周去芝加哥时和我的导师、好朋友，也是超级影迷Dave的第二次聊天。因为我们两年没见，我就让他跟我分享这两年里他看过的最喜欢的电影，也拉拉杂杂聊了很多别的。Shownotes写得太累了，这里就不多写了，留两段他在节目里引用和说的话在下面与大家分享： “I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.” — Franz Kafka （“我认为，我们应该只读那些会伤害或刺痛我们的书。如果我们正在阅读的书不能像一记重击那样把我们惊醒，那么我们读它又有什么意义？是为了让我们感到快乐，就像你所写的那样吗？天哪，如果我们没有书，我们反而会真正感到快乐。而那些让我们感到快乐的书，恰恰是我们自己若有必要也能写出来的书。但我们需要的是那些对我们而言如同一场灾难般的书，它们让我们深深悲恸，如同失去比我们自己更爱的人，如同被放逐到远离一切的森林，如同自我了断。一本书必须成为砍向我们内心冰封大海的斧头——这就是我的信念。”） "I like movies that show how people attempt to show love, experience joy, make art, or build community in the face of death, grief, and the hardness of being a human living with other humans." — Dave S.（我喜欢那些展现人们在面对死亡、悲伤以及作为人类与他人共同生活的艰难时刻，如何表达爱、体验快乐、创造艺术或建立联系的电影。） 本期提及 第一期和Dave的节目 编号17 Mickey 17 汉江怪物 玉子 冰血暴 Fargo 严肃的男人 A Serious Man 小姐 Fingersmith 色，戒 像这样的小事 Small Things Like These 隐秘的生活 A Hidden Life 秘密会议 Conclave 好家伙 GoodFellas 物质主义者 Materialists 挑战者 Challengers 酷儿 Queer 梦想情景 Dream Scenario 音乐大师 Maestro 饥饿游戏3：嘲笑鸟(上) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 欢乐时光 驾驶我的车 温蒂和露西 Wendy and Lucy 生活多美好 It's a Wonderful Life 冰风暴 The Ice Storm 丧日少女 Shiva Baby 我以前很有趣 I Used to Be Funny 垫底俱乐部 Bottoms 尸体游戏 Bodies, Bodies, Bodies A Deadly Education 科尔森·怀特黑德 Colson Whitehead 厄休拉·勒古恩 Ursula K. Le Guin Martyr! The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Dave过去两年里最喜欢的七部电影 （排名分先后） Past Lives 过往人生 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 花月杀手 After Love 爱的后事 The Starling Girl 椋鸟女孩 Reality 告密者 (tie) Laapatta Ladies 迷途新娘 & Thelma 末路老奶 男主播的list （排名不分先后） A bright summer day 牯岭街少年杀人事件 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 偶然与想象 Kelly Reinchardt's films: Certain Women 某种女人, 昨日欢愉 Old Joy, 开展在即 Showing Up 旺达 Wanda 爱我就让我快乐 Happiness 摄影机不要停 one cut of the dead 节目备注 好小气的电报频道 好小气的长毛象 支持我们 订阅听友通讯请点击这里。 欢迎通过微博关注我们的节目@不丧Podcast和女主播@constancy好小气。 关于线上读书微信群：由于目前群人数超过200人，无法继续通过扫码入群。想要入群的朋友可以先加我的微信号（ID: hongming_qiao），然后再拉你入群。

How do you follow an industry-shaking debut like SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE? If you're Steven Soderbergh, the answer is obvious: a weird, downer sort-of-biopic of Franz Kafka shot in black and white. We're joined by filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell (MISS ME YET, THE WINDS THAT SCATTER) to talk 1991's KAFKA, Soderbergh's influence, and Chris's outstanding new film FAILED STATE. Great ep! Further Reading: "In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka The Trial by Franz Kafka The Castle by Franz Kafka Los Angeles Times article by David Gritten Further Viewing: THE THIRD MAN (Reed, 1949) THE TRIAL (Welles, 1962) AMERICAN GIGOLO (Schrader, 1980) BRAZIL (Gilliam, 1985)   Follow Chris: https://linktr.ee/christopherjasonbell Watch the trailer for FAILED STATE   Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart  

Se čtyřnásobnou držitelkou Magnesie Litery a členkou Německé akademie pro jazyk a literaturu Radkou Denemarkovou o tom, jestli je její literatura politická, o hořkém smíchu Franze Kafky a o tom, že literatura se musí dělat opravdově a naplno.Protože jsme přátelé, vytáhl jsem z ní, jak probíhá jmenování do Německé akademie pro jazyk a literaturu a co to pro českou spisovatelku znamená. Probrali jsme vydání jejích knih v arabštině, jak její knihy čtou arabští muži a jak arabské ženy, a jak rozdílné jsou reakce na její knihy v Německu, ve Španělsku a v Česku.

A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Narcissistic Parenthood and its Ramifications: The Forgotten Echo (Routledge, 2024) proposes a new perspective on narcissism, focusing on its destructive impact within relationships. Psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Hila Yahalom discusses the patterns and ramifications of traumatizing upbringing by narcissistic parents, exploring the resulting development of a defensive-behavioral pattern and personality structures in the child which constitutes a mirror image of narcissism. Yahalom assesses a wide range of psychoanalytic theories in presenting a broad outlook on narcissism, its roots, and the manner by which pathological narcissism may manifest in interpersonal relationships as ‘narcissistic abuse'. This book considers the narcissist's perverted occupation of the psychic space of others, with both participants usually blind to the phenomenon – a blindness that is reenacted in therapy, affecting its course. This book contains clinical vignettes from the author's work as well as examples from the life stories of Heinz Kohut (Mr. Z), Franz Kafka, and Maria Callas. A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Narcissistic Parenthood and its Ramifications: The Forgotten Echo will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and other clinicians working with narcissism, parenthood, and dysfunctional family relationships. Akilesh Ayyar is a spiritual teacher and writer in New York. He can be reached at ayyar@akilesh.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychoanalysis

A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Narcissistic Parenthood and its Ramifications: The Forgotten Echo (Routledge, 2024) proposes a new perspective on narcissism, focusing on its destructive impact within relationships. Psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Hila Yahalom discusses the patterns and ramifications of traumatizing upbringing by narcissistic parents, exploring the resulting development of a defensive-behavioral pattern and personality structures in the child which constitutes a mirror image of narcissism. Yahalom assesses a wide range of psychoanalytic theories in presenting a broad outlook on narcissism, its roots, and the manner by which pathological narcissism may manifest in interpersonal relationships as ‘narcissistic abuse'. This book considers the narcissist's perverted occupation of the psychic space of others, with both participants usually blind to the phenomenon – a blindness that is reenacted in therapy, affecting its course. This book contains clinical vignettes from the author's work as well as examples from the life stories of Heinz Kohut (Mr. Z), Franz Kafka, and Maria Callas. A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Narcissistic Parenthood and its Ramifications: The Forgotten Echo will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and other clinicians working with narcissism, parenthood, and dysfunctional family relationships. Akilesh Ayyar is a spiritual teacher and writer in New York. He can be reached at ayyar@akilesh.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network