Into the white : Kafka and his metamorphoses

"Into the white" lays bare a hidden overall logic in Kafka's work. Kafka's fictitious characters, instead of restoring an initial balance - as it is the case in most fiction -, do everything they can to maintain the imbalance. The book shows that this should be linked to Kafka's own relationship to his calling as a writer. Although 'called', Kafka always felt that he could never really 'enter the gate of his vocation': he could only wait before the open but unapproachable entrance. Writing carried a promise for Kafka that was unfulfillable. Hence, by keeping open the imbalance of its fictitious characters, Kafka's prose tries to sustain the promise.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9789033480690
• Dimensions: 25 cm
• Extent: 81 S.
• Edition: 1. ed.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Ill. ; Literaturangaben

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Kafka, Franz

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Leuven, Den Haag
• (who): Acco
• (when): 2010
• Creator: Houwer, Greg

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/1013653858/04
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• Last update: 11.06.2025, 1:47 PM CEST