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Podcast: De Balie
Episode: Arnon Grunberg meets Vivian Liska: unraveling Kafka
Description: Who is Franz Kafka? Few writers have been interpreted so much, and yet remain as mysterious as Kafka. Tonight, Arnon Grunberg and Vivian Liska will discuss his life and work.This year is the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s passing. Works like The Trial, The Castle and The Metamorphosis have in the years after his death become cornerstones of modern western literature. Together with professor in German literature Vivian Liska, Arnon Grunberg will discuss the life and work of Franz Kafka. What is the relevance of Kafka’s work to contemporary readers? And how does Kafka’s literatur...