…confused/mixed with Orwellian) but more because it pushes away his short stories and aphorisms, which I think are much, much better than his longer works – and more mystical and mysterious in nature. I'd take A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, or some of the aphorisms from the Zürau book over his more famous works any day. It's unfortunate that writers tend to be known for a single "brand" which causes off-brand works…
My favorites: A Hunger Artist [https://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/kafka/hungerartist.htm] A Country Doctor [https://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/kafka/countrydoctor.htm] The Metamorphosis [https://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/stories/kafka-E.htm]
Anything by Franz Kafka. Reading him when I was 12 years old was a bad, bad, bad, life-changing decision. I find his short stories " Josephine the singer or the Mouse Folk", "Before the Law" and " The Hunger Artist" to be unbearably painful. He is still one of my favorite authors.
…is essentially about loneliness, but I'd love to hear more. Because I think the story is about other things as well - about ambition, about art, about being misunderstood, and about greatness. Kafka's hunger artist is a man who feels like he has never reached his potential. He's always convinced that he can accomplish more than is allowed, and has a troubled spirit because of it and because he perceives that his…
…masterful in his judgment, that he absorbs all that even the greatest book has to offer with a single reading — is unpleasant to contemplate. Or maybe there’s one more possibility: that — like Kafka’s hunger artist, who never found a food he liked — Schwartz has never been sufficiently interested in a book to return to it. But surely he makes one important point: the problem with our culture today is definitely…
……容易和“奥威尔式”混淆/混为一谈），但更多是因为它掩盖了他的短篇小说和格言集，我觉得那些比他的长篇作品好得多得多——在本质上也更具灵性与神秘感。任何时候我都宁愿读《饥饿艺术家》、《在流放地》或《祖劳格言集》（Zürau book）里的一些格言，而不是他那些更出名的作品。可惜的是，作家往往只因某一个“标签”为人所知，导致非典型作品……
…confused/mixed with Orwellian) but more because it pushes away his short stories and aphorisms, which I think are much, much better than his longer works – and more mystical and mysterious in nature. I'd take A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, or some of the aphorisms from the Zürau book over his more famous works any day. It's unfortunate that writers tend to be known for a single "brand" which causes off-brand works…
我最喜欢的几篇：《饥饿艺术家》[https://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/kafka/hungerartist.htm]、《乡村医生》[https://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/kafka/countrydoctor.htm]、《变形记》[https://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/stories/kafka-E.htm]
My favorites: A Hunger Artist [https://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/kafka/hungerartist.htm] A Country Doctor [https://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/kafka/countrydoctor.htm] The Metamorphosis [https://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/stories/kafka-E.htm]
弗兰兹·卡夫卡的任何作品都算。12岁读他的书真是一个糟糕透顶、却彻底改变人生的决定。我觉得他的短篇《女歌手约瑟芬或耗子民族》、《法的门前》和《饥饿艺术家》让人痛苦得难以忍受。但他至今仍是我最喜欢的作家之一。
Anything by Franz Kafka. Reading him when I was 12 years old was a bad, bad, bad, life-changing decision. I find his short stories " Josephine the singer or the Mouse Folk", "Before the Law" and " The Hunger Artist" to be unbearably painful. He is still one of my favorite authors.
……本质上是关于孤独的，但我很想多听听别的看法。因为我觉得这个故事还关乎其他东西——关于野心、关于艺术、关于被误解，以及关于伟大。卡夫卡笔下的饥饿艺术家是一个总觉得自己从未发挥出全部潜力的人。他始终坚信自己能做到超越极限的事，并因此内心备受煎熬，同时也因为他察觉到自己的……
…is essentially about loneliness, but I'd love to hear more. Because I think the story is about other things as well - about ambition, about art, about being misunderstood, and about greatness. Kafka's hunger artist is a man who feels like he has never reached his potential. He's always convinced that he can accomplish more than is allowed, and has a troubled spirit because of it and because he perceives that his…
确实。我一直在想这会不会影响了卡夫卡创作《饥饿艺术家》（A Hunger Artist）。
Indeed. I've wondered whether it could have influenced Kafka in writing "A Hunger Artist".
……判断力何其高超，只需读上一遍就能彻底领悟哪怕最伟大书籍的所有精髓——想想就让人不舒服。或者还有一种可能：就像卡夫卡笔下那个从未找到心仪食物的饥饿艺术家一样，施瓦茨从未对哪本书产生过浓厚到想重读的兴趣。但他确实说中了一个要点：我们当今文化的问题绝对是……
…masterful in his judgment, that he absorbs all that even the greatest book has to offer with a single reading — is unpleasant to contemplate. Or maybe there’s one more possibility: that — like Kafka’s hunger artist, who never found a food he liked — Schwartz has never been sufficiently interested in a book to return to it. But surely he makes one important point: the problem with our culture today is definitely…