Franz Kafka - The Zürau Aphorisms

Summarized by Fusinha

In 1917 Franz Kafka went to Zürau in Czech Republic because of health problems. It was a small village placed between mountains, meadows and groves. The life there had been concentrated on growing hop-plant and the habitants there were mostly animals rather than humans. On the spot Kafka realised that he was caught in small zoo lead under different and new rules.

Kafka took up residence under his sister`s roof near the market place by the church. He had been living there on his own and how he wanted for eight months. Can man find better place to write aphorisms? Doubtfully.

One of his pearls sounds like this: “Crows claim that already one of them is enough to conquer the sky. Couldn`t dissagree more even though it doesn`t turn towards the sky because the sky means also imposibility of crows.”

Or one more: “In the battle between you and the world - second the world”.

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