The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces - Brossura

Kafka, Franz

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1412812925 ISBN 13: 9781412812924

Casa editrice: Transaction Pub Large Print, 2009

Riassunto

Ward Six and Other Stories is a broad sample of Chekhov's narrative genius. The work has been viewed as a symbol for the bureaucratic quagmire of czarist and Stalinist Russia. It is also a universal comment on the person versus the state.Ward Six is a hauntingly symbolic depiction of the world of an insane asylum, an upside-down world where doctors ignore the sick, where hospital filth spreads infections. In The Duel, with its theme of moral degradation, two characters are locked in a confrontation and observers on the sidelines pass judgment. The essence of A Dull Story is the reflections of a man dying of old age. The Name-Day Party is the tale of a prominent professor who, despite his fame and success, is unable to emotionally connect with his wife and improve their troubled relationship.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Transaction Pub Large Print
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1412812925
• ISBN 13: 9781412812924
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 293