{"title":"Franz Kafka","description":"\"Franz Kafka (1883-1924) “[…] é feito um homem que esquia no cascalho, para provar com cambalhotas e arranhões, àqueles que fingem que o cascalho é neve, que não se trata, realmente, de outra coisa senão cascalho”, escreveu Günther Anders, ensaísta alemão, definindo com precisão o realismo doloroso da arte literária do escritor tcheco. Kafka nasceu em Praga, numa família judia, e foi educado em colégio alemão. Sua infância e adolescência foram marcadas pela figura dominadora do pai, comerciante próspero, que sempre fez do sucesso material a tábua de valores para medir o mundo à sua volta, inclusive seu filho, que, no entanto, se tornaria – à revelia do pai e das circunstâncias – uma das maiores expressões da literatura do século XX.\n \nÊnio Silveira (1925-1996) foi um dos mais importantes editores brasileiros. Formado em sociologia pela USP e em editoração pela Universidade de Colúmbia, assumiu a direção da Editora Civilização Brasileira em 1951. Norteado pelo lema \"\"Quem mal lê mal fala, mal ouve, mal vê\"\", empreendeu uma revolução no mercado editorial. Acreditava que o livro de qualidade e com preço acessível pode contribuir para a formação de uma sociedade mais igualitária. Por publicar pensadores considerados revolucionários, foi duramente perseguido pela ditadura empresarial-civil-militar iniciada em 1964.","products":[{"product_id":"a-metamorfose-edicao-de-bolso","title":"The Metamorphosis (Paperback)","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA great classic of world literature in pocket format.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eCzech writer Franz Kafka had a short life due to tuberculosis. His literary work is essentially marked by novels and short stories that highlight the anguished man, forced to lead a life of imprisonment; the man desperate about his own existence. This atmosphere is represented in \u003cem\u003e*The Metamorphosis*\u003c\/em\u003e with a strikingly realistic tone. Originally published in 1915, this book is the author's best-known, most studied, and most cited. The story stars young Gregor Samsa, who works as a traveling salesman and supports his family. Gregor wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous insect. Initially, his main concern is how to deal with his new, metamorphosed body. Later, however, he must confront revulsion and fear, representing the most tragic aspects of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159380279548,"sku":"9788577992249","price":39.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/2f4ff85e196931cd838636fb557615ff_7db6fada-e2af-4a07-832f-24b353b913ea.jpg?v=1778874343"},{"product_id":"blumfeld-um-solteirao-de-mais-idade-e-outras-historias","title":"Blumfeld, an older bachelor and other stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e36 short stories by Franz Kafka, including previously unpublished works, translated directly from German by award-winning translator and writer Marcelo Backes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlumfeld, an Older Bachelor and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is an anthology of Franz Kafka's heroes organized and translated directly from German by award-winning translator and writer Marcelo Backes, who also wrote the afterword.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In addition to the best-known narratives in Brazil—such as \u003ci\u003eJosefine\u003c\/i\u003e , the \u003ci\u003eSinger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Artist\u003c\/i\u003e —readers will find texts by Franz Kafka previously unpublished in Brazil—such as \u003ci\u003eThe Cryptkeeper\u003c\/i\u003e , the only drama he ever wrote. These texts are marked by their proximity to strangeness, failure, and what is considered minor or unimportant. This is unconscionable and confirms the observation of philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari regarding the work of the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/i\u003e , which would have \"[...] the capacity to express another potential community, to forge the means of another consciousness and another sensibility.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe characters don't find themselves in the oppressive position of power. Even those who achieve great feats are made important by their own failure—like the Olympic swimming record holder who can't swim, or the mythical Ulysses, who bravely throws himself at the sirens, bound by chains, with his ears plugged with wax, unable even to perceive that they pose no danger, as they feel no need to seduce him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e When translating, Marcelo Backes is not fooled by the silence of the sirens and seeks to re-establish Franz Kafka's choices in an original way, in our language, so that it is possible, as indicated in the note to the edition, to take the reader to the translated work, and not to transport it, with its edges trimmed, to meet the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159479271676,"sku":"9788520013519","price":69.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/589cc7a9234bb4756b01d8cd277b6815.jpg?v=1778323954"},{"product_id":"contos-fabulas-e-aforismos","title":"Tales, fables and aphorisms","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA collection of 11 of Franz Kafka's best short stories, selected and translated by the great editor Ênio Silveira.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTales, Fables, and Aphorisms\u003c\/em\u003e brings together the best of Franz Kafka, one of the greatest writers of all time. Selected and translated directly from German by editor Ênio Silveira—who also wrote the introductory note—the texts reveal the Kafkaesque tone of realism that plunges us into existential absurdity. This edition is also a tribute to Ênio, who would have celebrated his 70th anniversary as editor of Civilização Brasileira in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In this book, we see Kafka as a keen observer of the varied nuances of human behavior. At times pathetic, at times ironic, but with warm understanding, he expiates, through psychological self-limitations, the weaknesses and defects inherent in humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eCollected here are the tales and fables \"Prometheus,\" \"Gracchus the Hunter,\" \"A Little Fable,\" \"Concerning Parables,\" \"A Village Doctor,\" \"Jackals and Arabs,\" \"Worries of a Family Man,\" \"The New Lawyer,\" and \"An Address to an Academy,\" as well as the aphorisms \"'He'—Notes from the Year 1920\" and \"Reflections on Sin, Pain, Hope, and the Right Path.\" The book is also illustrated with drawings by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In \u003cem\u003eTales, fables and aphorisms\u003c\/em\u003e , readers will come into contact with texts that deserve multiple readings, because each time, like a kind of exorcism, they free us from insidious inner ghosts and improve us as individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176194359548,"sku":"9786558020394","price":49.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/73ccb6303d4139de83394edf3a3476db.jpg?v=1778875494"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/franz-kafka.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}