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Trial A New Translation Based on the Restored Text
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Genius yes, fun to read no. Lengthy and exhausting descriptions thicken the book and not the plot. I realize this book is a piece of history which is why I forced my way through it. Perhaps something missed in translation or in semantics on my part, but the language was arduous and fell short of a strong finish.
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Trial A New Translation Based on the Restored Text
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Franz Kafka, Breon Mitchell
savvy simile
, January 05, 2011
Genius yes, fun to read no. Lengthy and exhausting descriptions thicken the book and not the plot. I realize this book is a piece of history which is why I forced my way through it. Perhaps something missed in translation or in symantics on my part but the language was arduous and fell short of a strong finish.
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