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| Title | : | Blue Octavo Notebooks |
| Author | : | Franz Kafka |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 120 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2004 by Exact Change (first published 1989) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Writing. Essays. European Literature. German Literature. Classics. Biography |
Franz Kafka
Paperback | Pages: 120 pages Rating: 4.12 | 894 Users | 59 Reviews
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From late 1917 until June 1919, Franz Kafka ceased to keep a diary, for which he had used quarto-size notebooks, instead writing in a series of smaller, octavo-size notebooks. When Kafka's literary executor, Max Brod, published the diaries in 1948, he omitted these notebooks--which include short stories, fragments of stories and other literary writings--because, he wrote, -notations of a diary nature, dates, are found in them only as a rare exception.- The Blue Octavo Notebooks have thus remained little known and yet are among the most characteristic and brilliantly gnomic of Kafka's work. In addition to otherwise unpublished material, the notebooks contain some of Kafka's most famous aphorisms within their original context. This edition of the English translation has been corrected with reference to the German text for certain omissions and discrepancies of sequence. Followers of Kafka will require this book and will find it most rewarding.- --Library Journal.Specify Books Toward Blue Octavo Notebooks
| Original Title: | Die Acht Oktavhefte |
| ISBN: | 1878972049 (ISBN13: 9781878972040) |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 894 Users | 59 ReviewsWrite Up Containing Books Blue Octavo Notebooks
initially intrigued by the fact that kafka kept a diary in quarto-sized notebooks, i searched for a copy. aphoristically rich. dreamy at times. a bit like being in a small gallery of only picasso's blue period paintings.Its the old joke. We hold the world fast and complain that it is holding us. A collection of delicate, glinting, captivating fragments, sharp and exquisite as broken glass.
If you've enjoyed his diaries, reading fragments and unfinished bits and unconnected ideas, then you'll appreciate this volume. (It essentially reads like a continuation of the diaries, filling in the 1917-1919 gap, minus any actual autobiographical material.) That said, much of the best material here has been lifted and arranged in a frankly more digestible manner in Schocken's 'Aphorisms' and 'Complete Stories'. This particular publication is really for completists or scholars. Huge margins
4.36, in fact.This is nice -- the little jottings that were I gather Kafka's primary genre. Believe this edition is designed by Naomi of (Exact Change Press and) Galaxie 500.
Much of the book is bits and pieces of what Kafka wrote in his blue octavo notebooks (notebooks which are 1/8th of an imperial size). They look amateurish in parts and succinct, profound in others, proving that the greatest authors are great because they write so much and so diverse.. a brilliant read for fans of KAFKA who know and understand his german style of writing... for those who don't there are still parts that one may enjoy, but it doesn't read like a book, so feel free to pick and
aphorisms and other small miniatures. like a bag of exquisite marbles.
Publisher's Note--The First Notebook--The Second Notebook--The Third Notebook--The Fourth Notebook--The Fifth Notebook--The Sixth Notebook--The Seventh Notebook--The Eighth Notebook--Reflections on Sin, Suffering, Hope, and the True Way [Aphorisms]Notes, by Max Brod
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