Reiner Stach Quotes

• Kafka was a complex character in a complex historical era. In order to understand him, you have to do more than cite facts. It is necessary to connect the facts in a meaningful way. His relationship to Judaism, to his father, to women, to literature - all of this is interconnected; and there are decisive moments in his life, in which such interactions suddenly become visible and can be experienced in an almost sensuous manner. It is these moments above all that I try to narrate dramatically.

  Reiner Stach

  Meaningful, Father, Character

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• By the time Kafka was seven or eight years old, he already had a relatively dark view of the world derived from experiences in his own family. This told him that the world was organized in a strictly hierarchical manner and that those on the top were allowed to mete out punishment in any way they chose. They were entitled to leave those on the bottom uninformed about the rules to which they subscribed; they weren't even required to follow their own rules - this is how Kafka described it in his later Letter to My Father.

  Reiner Stach

  Father, Dark, World

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• Kafka often describes himself as a bloodless figure: a human being who doesn't really participate in the life of his fellow human beings, someone who doesn't actually live in the true sense of the word, but who consists rather of words and literature. In my view, that is, however, only half true. In a roundabout way through literature, which presupposes empathy and exact observation, he immerses himself again in the life of society; in a certain sense he comes back to it.

  Reiner Stach

  Empathy, Literature, Observation

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• I had also underestimated what an abundance of information can be extracted from contemporary newspapers, even information that bore directly on Kafka's life. In this way it was possible to complete the volume about the early years; and, in my view, nothing substantial is missing from it.

  Reiner Stach

  Missing, Abundance, Underestimated

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• Kafka fue sin duda uno de los grandes talentos literarios del siglo XX, pero no encontró el camino hacia su propio estilo hasta casi los 30 años, es decir, bastante tarde. La inmersión disciplinada en el material psíquico inconsciente es algo que también aprendió sólo tras largos años de práctica. Cuando lo consiguió por primera vez -en el relato El Juicio-, se sintió eufórico. Quería repetir la experiencia una y otra vez; el acto de creación le hacía sentirse feliz y orgulloso.

  Reiner Stach

  Long, Judgement, Style

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