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[naien]

At one time the whole town took a lively interest in the hunger artist; from day to day of his fast the excitement mounted; everybody wanted to see him at least once a day; there were people who bought season tickets for the last few days and sat from morning till night in front of his small barred cage; even in the nighttime there were visiting

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I love Kafka

[miss_bronte]

but I always found this story haunting. (Had to write a paper on it in grad school.) So. . .the question is. . .why did you post this particular passage? Is it resonant to you? Parallel? Or just something you found interesting?

How is your button-selling industry going, btw?

Best regards!

Re: I love Kafka

[naien]

my entire life i have loved kafka. my sixth grade teacher, for my birthday, gave me a copy of metamorphosis. i went from there. in the penal colony and a hunger artist have always been my favorites. it's his sense of rhythm and reality that intrigues me the most.

i've always strove to make my fiction kafkaesque. this is a reminder to me.

[naftey]

Hmm, we read this story in Intro. Lit. this year. I'm undecided whether I liked it or not, but I do know I found it almost funny, and not so much "sad or happy" but more just "yeah."

[compulsive_lies]

hey...add me. ;]

[ex_whinersbi853]

hey i was looking around on suicide boys and saw your pics and decided to look around your livejournal (hope you dont mind, but if you do...too late). anyway, you actually have posts worth reading, so i was wondering if you'd mind me adding you?

[naien]

go ahead.