Books

It has been so long since I read “The Hunger Artist” or “The Trial” that I cannot remember why Kafka’s work is important. And, admittedly, I have never read anything among his vast collection of essays. I know Franz Kafka has long been the literary darling of notable authors such as W.H. Auden, Vladimir Nabokov, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, all of whom have had no impact at all on my work as a writer. In fact, I rather detest these writers, which is fodder for another type of writing that I might indulge in but would rather not waste my time. 

On to The Metamorphosis….

David Brooks takes the reader on a journey to the past, to a time when self-sacrifice conjoined with self-effacement created a moral ethos that was the de facto standard for the American culture. He homes-in on the principles of rendering good service, of doing what is good for the community, and paying homage to the greater good.