In a letter to Walter Benjamin from Jerusalem in 1934, Gershom Scholem included a poem he had written about the relationship between Kafka’s The Trial and Jewish mysticism.
Just read this quickly and want to read it again more slowly, but enjoyed it a lot. Kafka really is a religious writer, sort of like Beckett is a religious writer, but more so. The angel reminds me of Wings of Desire and a short story by Nabokov, "Wingstroke." Wondering why we go on believing in angels when skeptical about the rest of religion as I am now?
Goddamn. Also: a brilliant, illuminating companion to THE TAVERN AT THE END OF HISTORY.
Can't wait to read this novel!
Just read this quickly and want to read it again more slowly, but enjoyed it a lot. Kafka really is a religious writer, sort of like Beckett is a religious writer, but more so. The angel reminds me of Wings of Desire and a short story by Nabokov, "Wingstroke." Wondering why we go on believing in angels when skeptical about the rest of religion as I am now?