{"product_id":"aphorisms-the-schocken-kafka-library-9780805212655","title":"Aphorisms (The Schocken Kafka Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003eKafkas aphorisms are fascinating glimpses into the lure and the enigma of the form itself.  From the acclaimed author of The Metamorphosis and The Trialand one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century.  The aphorism eludes definition: it can appear to be a random jotting or a more polished observation. Whether arbitrary fragment or crystalline shard  an aphorism captures the inception of a thought. Franz Kafka composed aphorisms during two periods in his life. A series of 109 was written between September 1917 and April 1918  in Zrau  West Bohemia  while Kafka was on a visit to his sister Ottla  hoping for a brief respite following the diagnosis of the tuberculosis virus that would eventually claim his life.  They were originally published in 1931  seven years after his death by his friend and literary executor Max Brod  under the title Betrachtungen ber Snde  Hoffnung  Leid  und den wahren Wag (Reflections on Sin  Hope  Suffering  and the True Way). The second sequence of aphorisms  numbering 41  originally appeared as entries in Kafkas diary from January 6 to February 29  1920. They  too  were published posthumously  under the title Er: Aufzeichnungen aus dem Jahr 1920 (He: Reflections from the Year 1920).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67909574262837,"sku":"ByrdShop_0805212655","price":248.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805212655.jpg?v=1793908907","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/aphorisms-the-schocken-kafka-library-9780805212655","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}