>implying Kafka isn't irrefutably the greatest writer of all time
Sure is Reddit in here.
>>7512267
nobody was talking to you
>>7512277
Your mother might say otherwise
>>7512283
Moans don't count as talking.
>>7512302
........d*mn.........
>>7512302
H-h-how am I supposed to counter that?
hey my name is K. (like kafka) and yikes im in a tight sitch
>>7512372
Here's your reply
>he has only read the trial and memeamorphisis
>>7512377
>he reads unfinished fragmentary works that their own authors considered flameworthy trash
>>7512423
>he reads infinite meme and Pynchon and goes on trying to talk shit about based KafGOAT
>>7512427
>he assumes too much so he can build up a caricature of qualities he hates, for him to feel like he can take it down
>>7512451
>he's a virgin
>>7512463
>he isn't
>>7512516
lmao, checkmate
>>7512880
no one seriously believes this, OP. it's clear that the GOAT is borges
hard to say OP, have you read him in german?
>>7512896
nein
>>7512267
He ripped off Robert Walser and inserted Freud into every story.
He's good but not great. Possibly even mediocre, but I don't want to bait.
>>7513878
Anon please. Did Musil rip off Walser as well?
There are plenty of original ideas in Kafka that separates him from Walser. And they are both great.
>>7513921
Original ideas being
> MUH DADDY! FREUD WAS RIGHT AGAIN!
>>7513945
Did Kafka bully you in middle school or something, anon? Goddamn. Kafka is literally one of the powerhouses in western literature.
>>7513950
Only if you're one of those delusional Kafka fanboys who spout irrational shit like "MUH UNINTERPRETABILITY"
He has great prose (taken from Walser) but boring themes (taken from Freud - as if we needed ANOTHER Freudian 20th century prose writer).
>>7512889
Borges posters, eveyone
