| Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories Contributor(s): Kafka, Franz (Author), Kuper, Peter (Adapted by), Kuper, Peter (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0393635627 ISBN-13: 9780393635621 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $16.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Adaptations - Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary |
| Dewey: 741.597 |
| LCCN: 2018016252 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.5" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Long fascinated with the work of Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper began illustrating his stories in 1988. Initially drawn to the master's dark humor, Kuper adapted the stories over the years to plumb their deeper truths. Kuper's style deliberately evokes Lynd Ward and Frans Masereel, contemporaries of Kafka whose wordless novels captured much of the same claustrophobia and mania as Kafka's tales. Working from new translations of the classic texts, Kuper has reimagined these iconic stories for the twenty-first century, using setting and perspective to comment on contemporary issues like civil rights and homelessness. Longtime lovers of Kafka will appreciate Kuper's innovative interpretations, while Kafka novices will discover a haunting introduction to some of the great writer's most beguiling stories, including A Hunger Artist, In The Penal Colony, and The Burrow. Kafkaesque stands somewhere between adaptation and wholly original creation, going beyond a simple illustration of Kafka's words to become a stunning work of art. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kuper, Peter: - Peter Kuper regularly contributes cartoons to The New Yorker and illustrates Mad magazine's "Spy vs. Spy." His graphic novels include the Eisner award-winning Ruins and Kafkaesque, winner of the 2018 Reuben award for Best Graphic Novel. He has taught cartooning at The School of Visual Arts and Harvard University. He lives in New York City.Kafka, Franz: - Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His major novels include The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. |