{"product_id":"completely-kafka-isbn-9781805331582","title":"Completely Kafka","description":"\u003cb\u003eA delightfully witty and original graphic biography of Kafka, published to coincide with the centenary of the author’s death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis bold and sharply funny new look at Kafka is told through Nicolas Mahler's distinctive graphic novel style and minimalist illustrations. Full of fascinating details and witty,  absurdist illustrations, it’s a delightful tribute to one of the world’s  great writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFranz Kafka not only wrote prose, he was also passionate about  drawing: at one time, he even said it satisfied him more than anything  else. In this graphic biography, acclaimed artist Nicolas Mahler echoes  Kafka’s own minimalist drawing style in a unique and surprising approach  to the great writer’s life and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing extensively on Kafka’s fiction, letters, and diaries, \u003ci\u003eCompletely Kafka\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the major and minor details that formed his life, from  struggles with self-doubt and writer’s block to a failed plan for a  series of cheap travel guides.\"If you are Nicolas Mahler, the writer and illustrator of a short but engaging graphic biography of the man, you’d see [Kafka] as a sort of blob of hair and eyebrows on a stick. The illustrations of Completely Kafka may look rudimentary, but they work. In fact they’re similar in style to the doodles Kafka himself would make in his notebooks.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Much the best thing about the book are the charming black and white drawings. The best are the drawings of Kafka himself, drawn in thick brushstroke. Some are like cartoons, a few are more like Kafka’s own drawings, angular, isolated.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Jewish Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicolas Mahler\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Vienna, where he works as a comic artist and illustrator. His comic strips and cartoons have been published by leading German-language newspapers and magazines such as \u003ci\u003eDie Zeit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNZZ am Sonntag\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of several graphic adaptations of classic literature, including works by James Joyce, Thomas Bernhard and Marcel Proust. Mahler has received numerous awards for his work, including the Max-und-Moritz Prize for Best German-Language Comic Artist, the Preis der Literaturhäuser and the Sondermann Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Booth\u003c\/b\u003e is an American poet and translator, who lives in Berlin. He works in English, German and Italian, and his translations include Friederike Mayröcker, Sandro Penna and Lutz Seiler.","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301823107301,"sku":"NP9781805331582","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781805331582.jpg?v=1767724007","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/completely-kafka-isbn-9781805331582","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}