{"product_id":"k-9781400041893","title":"K.","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed author of The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony and Ka: an utterly original  fascinating interpretation of the work of Franz Kafka that is simultaneously an unprecedented exploration into the mystery of Kafka himself.  What are Kafkas stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that happen every day? But where and when? Countless answers have been offered  but the question still arouses feelings of acute uncertainty. Many solutions have been proposed  but the essential mystery remains intact. In this remarkable book  Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be illuminated by its own light. To that end  with his unique vision  imagination  and intellectual acumen  Calasso attempts to enter the flow  the tortuous movement  the physiology of the stories to discover what they are meant to signify and to delve into a puzzling question: why are K. and Josef K.the protagonists of The Castle and The Trialso radically different from any other characters in the history of the novel? So  in the end  the most basic question along the way is: Who is K.?  The culmination of the authors lifelong fascination with Kafka  K. is a book of significant literary importance  the fourth part in a work in progress of which the previous volumes are The Ruin of Kasch  The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony  and Ka.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646980087861,"sku":"ByrdShop_1400041899","price":25.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781400041893.jpg?v=1781684401","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/k-9781400041893","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}