{"product_id":"9780008768638","title":"Kafkaesque: Ten Great Writers Translate the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Dazzling … one fine day, you open a book by an unknown writer, and a charge of pure talent blows you away’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eLa Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e'An elegant reflection on how the act of translation itself brings about Kafkaesque diversions'\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens to a writer's work when it's translated – specifically, what happens if his name is Franz Kafka?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Kafka died young and unknown, a German-speaking Jew in Prague, ten writers rescued him from oblivion. For years, Kafka existed mostly through their wildly different readings of his words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of his first translators would later be counted among the greatest thinkers and writers of the twentieth century. Primo Levi translated Kafka into Italian from the German he had learned in Auschwitz; Milena Jesenská lovingly into Czech before being deported; Bruno Schulz into Polish before being shot by an SS officer; and Jorge Luis Borges into Spanish as he slowly went blind in Buenos Aires. His French translator found new humour hidden inside Kafka’s work, while his Russian translators were condemned to perpetual anonymity by the Soviet censor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith inventiveness, spirit and wit, Maia Hruska has written a captivating history of the tragedies and absurdities of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘At once brilliant and relevant, erudite and highly accessible’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eLe Figaro\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maïa Hruska","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46888984445077,"sku":"9780008768638","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008768638_c540f054-03e9-4dd7-99e6-b04034fbb186.jpg?v=1776888519","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008768638","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}