Is Franz Kafka Overrated?

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Edmund Wilson claimed that the only book he could not read while eating his breakfast was by the Marquis de Sade. I, for different reasons, have been having a difficult time reading Franz Kafka with my morning tea and toast. So much torture, description of wounds, disorientation, sadomasochism, unexplained cruelty, appearance of rodents, beetles, vultures, and other grotesque creatures—all set out against a background of utter hopelessness. Distinctly not a jolly way to start the day. Kafka doesn’t make for very comforting reading at bedtime, either.

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Tien jaor leden eerste dagboekstokkien

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Vandaege maek ik mit dit dagboekstokkien de tien jaor vol. Et is morgen percies tien jaor leden da’k mien eerste dagboekstokkien op dit webstee schreef. De webmaster en ik hadden nooit daenken kund da’k et zolange volholen kunnen zol. En… zolange as wi’j d’r beidend nog aorighied an hebben en jim dit lezen willen gao’we gewoon deur!

Lês fierder by Johan VeenstraLês fierder

Reading fiction

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Reading literary fiction — even something as short as 10 pages — can increase empathy, improve decision-making and make people more comfortable with uncertainty, suggest two new Canadian studies. In other words, the very pursuit we use to distract us from real life might actually make us better at living it.

Lês fierder by The Vancouver Sun

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Frankfurter merke

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MIJGDUINEN- Het is weer hommeles in de kruidje roer me niet wereld van de Friese literatoren. Nu maakt dat ons in de regel de pis niet lauw, echter er kwam ons alhier ter ore dat in de Hoofdplaats enige geldelijke middelen vrijgemaakt waren ter meerdere eer en glorie van het immer tot den verbeelding sprekende Friestalige proza en de edele dichtkunsten.

Lês fierdr by Ferdinand de JongLês fierder