Der Heizer: Ein Fragment (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Ebenso auch Ihren Regenschirm." "Kennen Sie sich auf dem Schiff aus?" fragte Karl mißtrauisch und es schien ihm, als hätte der sonst überzeugende Gedanke, daß auf dem leeren Schiff seine Sachen am besten zu finden sein würden, einen verborgenen Haken. "Ich bin doch Schiffsheizer," sagte der Mann. "Sie sind Schiffsheizer!" rief Karl freudig, als überstiege das alle Erwartungen, und sah, den Ellbogen aufgestütz, den Mann näher an. "Gerade vor der Kammer, wo ich mit den Slowaken geschlafen habe, war eine Luke angebracht, durch die man in den Maschinenraum sehen konnte." "Ja, dort habe ich gearbeitet," sagte der Heizer. "Ich habe mich immer so fur Technik interessiert," sagte Karl, der in einem bestimmten Gedankengang blieb, "und ich wäre sicher später Ingenieur geworden, wenn ich nicht nach Amerika hätte fahren müssen." "Warum haben Sie denn fahren müssen?" "Ach was!" sagte Karl und warf die ganze Geschichte mit der Hand weg. Dabei sah er lächelnd den Heizer an, als bitte er ihn selbst fur das Nichteingestandene um seine Nachsicht. "Es wird schon einen Grund gehabt haben," sagte der Heizer, und man wußte nicht recht, ob er damit die Erzählung dieses Grundes fordern oder abwehren wollte. "Jetzt könnte ich auch Heizer werden," sagte Karl, "meinen Eltern ist es jetzt ganz gleichgültig, was ich werde."

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Franz Kafka was born to Jewish parents in Bohemia in 1883. Kafka s father was a luxury goods retailer who worked long hours and as a result never became close with his son. Kafka s relationship with his father greatly influenced his later writing and directly informed his Brief an den Vater (Letter to His Father). Kafka had a thorough education and was fluent in both German and Czech. As a young man, he was hired to work at an insurance company where he was quickly promoted despite his desire to devote his time to writing rather than insurance. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote a great number of stories, letters, and essays, but burned the majority of his work before his death and requested that his friend Max Brod burn the rest. Brod, however, did not fulfill this request and published many of the works in the years following Kafka s death of tuberculosis in 1924. Thus, most of Kafka s works were published posthumously, and he did not live to see them recognized as some of the most important examples of literature of the twentieth century. Kafka s works are considered among the most significant pieces of existentialist writing, and he is remembered for his poignant depictions of internal conflicts with alienation and oppression. Some of Kafka s most famous works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle.