Franz Kafka was one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. His writing contributed greatly to existentialism, and the term ?Kafkaesque” is now synonymous with the literature of the
In this new exploration of Samuel Beckett's work, Pascale Casanova argues that Beckett's reputation rests on a pervasive misreading of his oeuvre, which neglects entirely the literary revolution he i
The "world of letters" has always seemed a matter more of metaphor than of global reality. In this book, Pascale Casanova shows us the state of world literature behind the stylistic refinements--a wor
