Kafka and Smog The secondary literature on Kaf…
Kafka and Smog
The secondary literature on Kafka is enormous yet I still look out for more. Jeremy Adler�s new book is a good read despite being a short biographical work. Adler is such an intelligent critic. The book is under the label of �Illustrated Lives� as it is full of pictures. However, the format is small and there are much bigger books of Kafka photographs, though not so easily available. Other writers in the series include Beckett and Woolf.
One of the best sites on Kafka has been updated recently with a long and detailed essay by Mark Anderson on the Critical Editions of the German texts. Worth a read if you�re into Kafka. He�s also written a book on Kafka�s Dandyism called Kafka Clothes. Yes, he was a snappy dresser.
A band I�ve rediscovered in the last few weeks is Smog. It�s an appropriate name as it doesn�t really reveal what kind of music they play. Rain on Lens is their latest, but it�s harsh compared to the mordant lyricism of lps such as �Red Apple Falls�, (the wonderfully-named) �Dongs of Sevotion� and �Knock, Knock�. All three are full of breath-taking songs. Can�t find an up-to-date website, but shove Bill Callahan�s name into a search engine and plenty of info will appear.
Other Splinters posts of interest:
- Judgement Day again
- Zadie on Kafka again
- Zadie’s Kafka
- A cage in search of a bird
- Happy Birthday Franz Blow up the balloons, ligh…
