A young immigrant, Karl Rossmann, navigates the absurdities of American life with optimism and misadventure in Kafka's surreal novel.
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A young immigrant, Karl Rossmann, navigates the absurdities of American life with optimism and misadventure in Kafka's surreal novel.
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"Franz Kafka's diaries and letters suggest that his fascination with America grew out of a desire to break away from his native Prague, even if only in his imagination. Kafka died before he could finish what he liked to call his ''American novel," but he clearly entitled it Der Verschollene ("The Missing Person") in a letter to his fiancee, Felice Bauer, in 1912. Kafka began writing the novel that fall and wrote the last completed chapter in 1914, but it wasn't until 1927, three years after his ...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Brief references to a sexual misadventure; not graphic but recurring theme. Central incident of sexual coercion involving a minor; not graphically detailed but significant.
Violence & gore
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Minor physical altercations; no graphic violence or gore depicted.
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language depicted.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
Religious content
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Minor theological undertones in existential themes; not overt.
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult themes present.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Themes of bureaucracy and cultural alienation in American society.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Themes of systemic alienation and emotional suffering; no physical abuse. Central incident of sexual coercion involving a minor; not graphically detailed but significant.
Other
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