Introducing Kafka, also known as Kafka for Beginners, is an illustrated biography of Franz Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz and Robert Crumb. The book includes comic adaptations of some of Kafka's most famous works including The Metamorphosis, "A Hunger Artist", "In the Penal Colony", and "The Judgment", as well as brief sketches of his three novels The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. The book also details Kafka's biography in a format that is part illustrated essay, part sequential comic panels. The book was released as part of the "Introducing..." series by Totem Books which also features a volume each on Sigmund Freud and Wilhelm Reich. The popularity of Crumb's renditions of Kafka's works led to additional printings under the title R. Crumb's Kafka. Its most recent edition by Fantagraphics Books (2007) is simply titled Kafka.
[edit] Editions
- Mairowitz, David Zane (writer) and Robert Crumb (illustrator). Introducing Kafka. New York: Totem Books, 1993. ISBN 1-8404-6122-5
- Mairowitz, David Zane (writer) and Robert Crumb (illustrator). R. Crumb's Kafka. ibooks graphic novels, 2005. ISBN 1-5968-7812-6
|
|
|
| Feature films |
|
|
| Short films |
- Metamorphosis (Germany 1975)
- Metamorphosis (Sweden 1976)
- The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa (Canada 1977)
- Metamorphosis (UK 1987)
- Franz Kafka (Poland 1992)
- Description of a Struggle (USA 1993)
- Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (UK 1993)
- Zoetrope (from "In the Penal Colony"; USA 2000)
- The Hunger Artist (USA 2002)
- Metamorphosis (Russia 2002)
- Human Body (from "A Country Doctor"; Germany 2004)
- Kafka goes to the Forest (Brazil 2009)
- Eleven sons (Spain 2010)
|
|
| Literature |
|
|
| Comics |
|
|
.JPG){kind=small}
