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Kafka Americana
1999 collection of short stories
1999 collection of short stories
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kafka Americana |
| image | Kafkaamericanacvr.jpg |
| caption | First edition cover |
| author | Jonathan Lethem |
| Carter Scholz | |
| cover_artist | Jacket design by Zwetana Penova |
| Cover illustration by Perry Hoberman | |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| genre | Short stories, pastiche, parody |
| publisher | Subterranean Press |
| release_date | November 1999 |
| media_type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| pages | 100 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
| isbn | 1-892284-43-X |
| isbn_note | (first edition, hardcover) |
| oclc | 43333743 |
| preceded_by | Motherless Brooklyn |
| followed_by | The Fortress of Solitude (novel) |
Carter Scholz Cover illustration by Perry Hoberman Kafka Americana is a 1999 collection of short stories by Jonathan Lethem and Carter Scholz based on the life (and alternate histories) and works of Franz Kafka. Originally published in a limited edition by Subterranean Press, it was released as a trade paperback by W. W. Norton & Company in 2001.
The stories
- "Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor" (Scholz) :A re-imagining of Kafka's uncompleted short story. First published in Crank! 1.
- "The Notebooks of Bob K." (Lethem) :Batman is presented as Kafka's creation, with parodies of some of Kafka's famous aphorisms and stories, including "The Burrow", "A Crossbreed (A Sport)", and "The Vulture". A significantly different version of the story appeared in Gas 6.
- "Receding Horizon" (Lethem & Scholz) :Kafka comes to America, changes his name to Jack Dawson, and writes screenplays in Hollywood. First published in Crank! 5.
- "The Amount to Carry" (Scholz) :Kafka meets fellow insurance executives Wallace Stevens and Charles Ives. First published in Starlight 2.
- "K. is for Fake" (Lethem) :Parody of The Trial. First published in McSweeney's Quarterly 4.
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