But now shrinks the place where you stand: Where now, stripped by shade, will you go? — Paul Celan

Posts tagged ‘Milan Kundera’

The Trial of David B.

“Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested.”  — Franz Kafka, “The Trial” I was reminded…

Kafka’s Computer

Franz Kafka was a nice man. As a bureaucrat working for an insurance company he developed safety measures that helped avoid many industrial accidents. But as…