http://www.newstin.com/us/FRANZ_KAFKA Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66665321 Like most means of mass travel, you end up feeling like cattle. On the plane, we're offered "sandwich options", which makes me bristle, being versed in Strunk's maxim, "Eliminate unnecessary words". When the crunch comes,... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:25:54 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66665321 2008-07-05T19:25:54Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66499248 By Wyatt Mason Discussed in this essay: The Death of Picasso: New & Selected Writing, by Guy Davenport. The early work of American writer Guy Davenport offers an illustration of this proposition. Author of forty-seven books of... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:57:43 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66499248 2008-07-04T11:57:43Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66516165 Al-Ahram Weekly pays tribute to three Egyptian intellectuals who died late last month Sami Khashaba, former deputy editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram who died last week, is a man who cannot easily be forgotten by anyone who worked... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:53:21 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66516165 2008-07-04T15:53:21Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66505275 Yay! The windstorm blew out our internet connection on Wednesday evening, but it's finally up and running again. Sadly, we missed the birthday of Franz Kafka (yesterday), so all birthday cards directed to him will now be a bit... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:44:46 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66505275 2008-07-04T14:44:46Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66380889 The Travels of Franz Kafka , a website that chronicles the many places and social interactions of Franz. A photographic journal collection of his life as he traveled. For your enjoyment, today being the 125th Anniversary of... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:30:32 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66380889 2008-07-04T01:30:32Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66270781 Austrian German-Language Novelist and Short-Story Writer Brief biography of Austrian author Franz Kafka, famous for short story "The Metamorphosis" and novel The Trial, whose heroes are victims of an indifferent society.... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:28:32 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66270781 2008-07-03T13:28:32Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66312011 We were surprised to discover that Louis Begley, consummate chronicler of Waspy things, had written a “biographical essay” on Franz Kafka. (Perhaps we shouldn’t have been: Both men, besides being writers, share a Jewish... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:15:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66312011 2008-07-03T14:15:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66298692 So what about literary theory and business? The big problem with the theoretical side of law and literature for my purposes is that most of it focuses on public law, where you’ve got that big enchilada, the Constitution. On the... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:40:32 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66298692 2008-07-03T15:40:32Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66317790 Franz Kafka, despite his troubled private life and melancholy reputation, was the romantic comic of his day Franz Kafka in a serious mood. Photograph: Corbis Franz Kafka was born 125 years ago today. Klaus Wagenbach paints a... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:16:38 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66317790 2008-07-03T17:16:38Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66336678 By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself. Franz Kafka there is no better virtue than a heart of grand compassion; there is no sweeter joy than a mind of quiet... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:38:38 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66336678 2008-07-03T19:38:38Z