What books should I read to improve my German?

7 Great German Books For Beginner And Intermediate Learners

• “German Short Stories for Beginners”
• “Emil und die Detektive”
• “Die unendliche Geschichte”
• “Momo”
• “Die Verwandlung”
• “Homo Faber”
• “Der Richter und Sein Henker”

Why is Franz Kafka so popular?

He is famous for his novels The Trial, in which a man is charged with a crime that is never named, and The Metamorphosis, in which the protagonist wakes to find himself transformed into an insect.

In what language did Kafka write?

German
His language was German, and that, possibly, is the point. That Kafka breathed and thought and aspired and suffered in German—and in Prague, a German-hating city—may be the ultimate exegesis of everything he wrote.

What did Kafka fear?

His fear of bugs and dirt was rooted in a childhood spent in terror at his father, who insulted Kafka’s dearest friends as fleas and vermin.

Was Franz Kafka a good writer?

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic.

Which Franz Kafka book should I read first?

Start with the parable, “”Before the Law”, which you can find in Kafka’s The Complete Stories. It’s the very first entry and has less than 400 words. Read it aloud. Then, read An Imperial Message, which is the second story, again under 400 words.

Is Kafka Czech or German?

Kafka was born into a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today the capital of the Czech Republic….

Is Kafka easy to read in German?

Originally Answered: Is Franz Kafka a difficult read for intermediate level German learners? Kafka is easy to read but difficult to understand. The sentences would make sense but the story does not end there..that is a peculiar thing with Kafka. There are three kinds of texts.