I have to say these letters, and this entire project, arrives in my inbox like bits of gold, sometimes I get to them and sometimes not, but when I do I am inspired and in awe of Kafka’s sudden, surprising use of language in even the most quotidian letters. Thank you.
Just the beauty of the line about his long shadow perhaps getting him into the Kingdom of God, how the shadows "corporeally dance," the earth rising trustingly towards the feeding cow. I don't think of Kafka as saying much about nature in his works, or, like Dostoevsky, appearing to be indifferent to it most of the time, but this letter shows another side of him. Exquisite.
I have to say these letters, and this entire project, arrives in my inbox like bits of gold, sometimes I get to them and sometimes not, but when I do I am inspired and in awe of Kafka’s sudden, surprising use of language in even the most quotidian letters. Thank you.
Thanks so much for sharing this—nothing could be more gratifying than knowing the project is reaching you in this way.
Just the beauty of the line about his long shadow perhaps getting him into the Kingdom of God, how the shadows "corporeally dance," the earth rising trustingly towards the feeding cow. I don't think of Kafka as saying much about nature in his works, or, like Dostoevsky, appearing to be indifferent to it most of the time, but this letter shows another side of him. Exquisite.
Beautifully put--I feel exactly the same way about it.