The categorization of a literary work isn’t always simple and easy. Many works can be read one way AND another and may or may not neatly fit in a single genre or even style (particularly in case of what they call “experimental works”). But there are works that seem to have simply been miscategorized, and you’ll probably be surprised to see some writings of literary giants miscategorized. Here I’ll talk about Franz Kafka.
Happening to read “Eleven Sons” from the book The Complete Short Stories of Franz Kafka, I couldn’t help notice how it was placed in the final section of the book under ‘The Shorter Stories’—the reason being that the five-page piece did not read as a story in the first place.
Read the complete article at http://www.ernestdempsey.com/kafkas-eleven-sons-a-story/ .
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