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The man who disappeared (America) / Franz Kafka ; translated with an introduction and notes by Ritchie Robertson.
- Title
- The man who disappeared (America) / Franz Kafka ; translated with an introduction and notes by Ritchie Robertson.
- Author
- Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PT2621.A26 A2313 2012 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Robertson, Ritchie.
- Description
- xxxviii, 215 p.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Expelled by his family after seduction by a maidservant, Karl finds in America a series of surrogate families, but he continues to get into undeserved trouble and is forced to move on once again. Along the way Karl encounters extremes of wealth and poverty, experiences the cruelty of the American work ethic, and has glimpses of the criminal underworld, without losing the basic goodness and resourcefulness that enabled him to survive the hazards of the New World.
- Series Statement
- Oxford world's classics
- Uniform Title
- Amerika. English
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
- Alternative Title
- Amerika.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Note
- "A new translation by Ritchie Robertson"--Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxii]-xxxv).
- Language (note)
- Translated from the German.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Biographical preface -- Introduction -- Note on the text -- Note on the translation -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Franz Kafka -- The man who disappeared -- Explanatory notes.
- ISBN
- 0199601127 (pbk.)
- 9780199601127 (pbk.)
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library