I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what's the point of reading it?
— Franz Kafka Modern

The Metamorphosis, surrealist fiction

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Context

Letter to Oskar Pollak

Date / Period

1904

Category

Humorous

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61988/61988-h/61988-h.htm

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Explanation

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