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Review: The Zürau Aphorisms

User Review - Alcy - Goodreads

As a writer, you are constantly trying to connect to the past and the present. The past is always tricky, though. “Classics” can be seen as timeless, but that is not always the case. I remember ... Read full review

Review: The Zürau Aphorisms

User Review - Jim - Goodreads

On one hand, it is clear that Kafka was not an aphorist. Read Albert Camus's Notebooks or Franco-Romanian philosopher EM Cioran's various books or Kierkegaard's Either/Or, and you will encounter a ... Read full review

Review: The Zürau Aphorisms

User Review - Riku Sayuj - Goodreads

Apparently Kafka can write with clarity - in Aphorisms. As I read in another goodreads review - Even the least of his works is worth reading. Read full review

Review: The Zürau Aphorisms

User Review - Sarah - Goodreads

I find Kafka more exciting in the original German but it was nice to see his sombre side too. Read full review

Review: The Zurau Aphorisms of Franz Kafka

User Review - B Dean Skibinski - Goodreads

This tiny yet oh-so-very-dense volume has become in the space of only three readings across the course of one mid-August evening, my new Bible. Every thought, every word, is so sublimely expressed ... Read full review

Review: The Zürau Aphorisms

User Review - Simon - Goodreads

The Zurau Aphorisms by Franz Kafka This cool book was the surprise find of the Athens trip, I didn't expect to find a Kafka book I didn't have or for it to be this cool, copied and translated from the ... Read full review

Review: The Zürau Aphorisms

User Review - Julie Rylie - Goodreads

one of the most inspiring books i had the pleasure to read and the best part is that you can even reflect on the aphorism and write your thoughts right below. Perfect. One of the best ones: “From a ... Read full review

Review: The Zürau Aphorisms

User Review - Jason Walker - Goodreads

I've read this book at least two times through. It is not the kind of book that you read coer-to-cover in a single setting. At least two of the aphorisms are tacked to my wall in my office at all ... Read full review

Review: The Zürau Aphorisms

User Review - Alex - Goodreads

Each page contains an aphorism one paragraph long, 30 words maybe. Sometimes it's a vibrant image. Other times, it's a value statement that resonates deeply. Or it can be a frame of mind. An example ... Read full review