by Franz Kafka · Pocket Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420692708
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«La condena» is a short story by Franz Kafka published in paperback (206 pages, in Spanish) in 1984.
Georg Bendemann, a young merchant from Prague, writes to a friend living in Saint Petersburg to announce his engagement. The tense conversation with his father turns into a trial that will decide his fate. This 1913 story already contains Kafka's obsessions: paternal authority, lack of communication, and guilt without appeal.
Ninth edition of 1984 in the Biblioteca Fundamental de Nuestro Tiempo collection, with translation by J. R. Wilcock.
For those new to Kafka or wanting a brief read of one of his short stories.
Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements of realism and the fantastique, and typically feature isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surreal predicaments and incomprehensible bureaucratic powers. The term Kafkaesque has entered the lexicon to describe situations like those depicted in his writings. His best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1924) and The Castle (1926). He is also celebrated for his brief fables and aphorisms, which frequently incorporated comedic elements alongside the darker themes of his longer works. His work has widely influenced artists, philosophers, composers, filmmakers, literary historians, religious scholars, and cultural theorists.
