01748cam a22003133u 4500 23532 UtSlPG 20260610133536.0 m cr n 260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG de iso639-1 PT Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 Betrachtung Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2007 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemplation_(short_story_collection) Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrachtung_(Kafka) Release date is 2007-11-18 Produced by Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Betrachtung" by Franz Kafka is a collection of eighteen short stories written between 1904 and 1912. These brief contemplations mark Kafka's first published book, capturing fleeting moments of childhood wonder, social anxiety, sudden awakenings, and the masks people wear. Through unnamed narrators and ambiguous encounters, Kafka explores the tension between innocence and awareness, authenticity and performance. Each miniature tale offers a glimpse into the peculiar consciousness that would define his later work—where ordinary situations reveal unexpected depths of alienation and self-discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Short stories https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23532 64584 64584