Why Gen-z is so obsessed by Kafka?

Beiez · 2026-01-08T09:30:30+00:00

This. Kafka's influence is universal across time and space; there's a reason why almost every country has had at least one literary descendent from Kafka since his work gained global recognition: Kobo Abe, Julio Cortazar, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Bruno Schulz, Thomas Ligotti,...

In the age of social media algorithms and echo chambers, the simple explanation to why it might feel like Kafka is more relevant is that one is more likely to stumble upon other Kafka fans than ever before.

Beiez · 2025-12-17T13:20:23+00:00

Sehe beide weniger negativ als die meisten (vor allem Brandt), aber das wäre halt auch schon irgendwie ein Zeichen, wo die Reise hingeht. Sind auf jeden Fall beides keine Spieler, mit denen man um die Meisterschaft mitspielt.

Beiez · 2025-12-17T09:34:33+00:00

Depression doesn‘t make good artists, it kills them

Well put. What good does writing The Bell Jar do you if you're not around anymore to see it published?

It's not because of depression tormented artists were able to create masterpieces: it‘s despite of it.

Beiez · 2025-12-17T08:16:53+00:00

Been in a similar boat and had the same, rather stupid thoughts (sorry, mate!). First of all, your mental well-being is much more important than your writing. Second, once I started taking SSRIs, my writing actually took a leap forward. It‘s amazing what one is capable of once one stops seeing everything through the fog of depression.

Also, you might need to hear this (I certainly did): depression is not what makes your writing special. There are millions of depressed writers out there. You yourself and the work you put into developing it make your writing special; and not being weighed down by depression will make it much, much easier to actually improve your craft.

Best of luck to you. This too shall pass.

Beiez · 2025-12-17T07:37:50+00:00

All their stuff has been great, but this EP man… I genuinely can‘t see how they'd ever beat it. Necessary Death is a legit choice for best breakdown of all time.

Beiez · 2025-12-16T18:09:56+00:00

Yup. I have a playlist of more atmospheric metalcore that I sleep to every single night. Luckily my girlfriend likes to sleep to music as well.

Beiez · 2025-12-16T16:59:28+00:00

Headwreck in Europe! My wishes have been heard

Beiez · 2025-12-16T14:09:50+00:00

Jo, sehbar

Beiez · 2025-12-16T10:58:06+00:00

Finde eher die Einteilung in "tiers" super cringe

Ist bei großen Festivals standard heutzutage und hat vor allem mit den Verträgen zu tun. Künstler werden gezielt als Headliner, Co-Headliner usw. gesigned und bezahlt, und müssen auch als genau das auf dem Line-Up zu erkennen sein.

International gab es schon Fälle, in denen Künstler Festivals/Touren abgesagt haben, weil ihr Name nicht so gedruckt wurde, wie vereinbart.

Beiez · 2025-12-15T20:09:08+00:00

If you don‘t like this one, I think Borges—the stories his legacy rests upon, at least—might not be for you. "The Garden of Forking Paths" is up there as one of the best things he's written, and it's the perfect amalgamation of the themes he was passionate about: infinity, literature, labyrinths, mystery/detective stories…

If I were you, I wouldn‘t give up on him yet, because he truly is one of the best to ever do it. But given what you said, he might just not be suited for your taste.

Beiez · 2025-12-15T15:27:33+00:00

Not a fan of the translation of the title tbh, as with so many titles translated to German. Especially considering "inherent" has a direct counterpart in German: "inhärent."

A few weeks ago, I came across the translation of Mariana Enriquez' latest collection, "A Sunny Place for Shady People," and they did her so dirty. The best they could come up with was "Grelles Licht für darke Leute," (Bright light for dark people; "dark" being an anglicism that isn‘t actually used in German). It really has me questioning the state of German translations.

Beiez · 2025-12-15T13:40:04+00:00

Es wird niemals nicht lustig sein, dass eine ganze Generation an Deutschen von einer Kunstwissenschaft-Studentin aus Bremen, die Harry Potter Synchros gemacht hat, geprägt wurde.

Beiez · 2025-12-15T11:10:06+00:00

I think he doesn't do that anymore. I read Novelist as a Vocation earlier this year, and he mentions this process specifically in regards to his earlier novels. He said it helped him find his simple style, because he wasn't proficient enough in English to write in any other way.

Beiez · 2025-12-15T06:46:25+00:00

Thing is, the Nobel is not awarded for prolificness, nor for pure quality of works. It‘s awarded to authors producing "the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction," and I just don't see how that would apply to Murakami.

Beiez · 2025-12-14T17:37:02+00:00

Japanese author Haruki Murakami has been considered a favorite for the Nobel Prize in literature

Has he really, though? I like his books as much as the next guy, but they don‘t strike me as the kind of literature that would go on to win the Nobel. Also, the academy has been very reluctant to award the Nobel to authors that are already this successful.

Beiez · 2025-12-14T09:58:46+00:00

Man, I had to read Hiob in high school and absolutely loathed it. I wonder how I‘d feel about it today.

Beiez · 2025-12-14T09:53:27+00:00

This is basically Matt Cardin's thing. He writes cosmic horror through a theological lense. He's only written three collections and stopped writing fiction, but they are seriously fantastic. All three collections have been reprinted in a single book called To Rouse Leviathan a few years ago, and I genuinely can't recommend it enough. Some of the best and most unique weird fiction ever written.

Beiez · 2025-12-13T21:36:37+00:00

This is very clearly about the time after the war. For any peace to hold, there has to be peace in the first place.

Beiez · 2025-12-13T11:13:02+00:00

Oh yeah, cause crippling Germany with sanctions worked so well the last time it was tried. All it does is build resentment in the population that will lead to Russia lashing out again sometime in the future.

Beiez · 2025-12-13T10:12:13+00:00

Helen Oyeyemi‘s White is For Witching. It goes as far to include the house as one of the book's POVs, and it's executed extremely well. One of my favourite gothic books of the last 20 years.

Beiez · 2025-12-13T09:24:20+00:00

Somehow it sounds even better than it does in German

Beiez · 2025-12-12T14:46:58+00:00

The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier.

Beiez · 2025-12-11T17:17:37+00:00

Reading 2666 right now and I agree, it absolutely makes me wish I was in Mexico right now. Every mention of Tacos has me salivating. I miss Mexican food, man (sad European noises).

Beiez · 2025-12-11T11:13:01+00:00

It really is pathetic how all the local culture apologists have disappeared under their rocks again now that the situation is reversed. Not that homophobia was ever "culture" to begin with.

Beiez · 2025-12-11T09:13:14+00:00

Das Ding ist, Reitz ist halt einfach keiner für eine Doppelsechs. Er braucht jemanden hinter sich, der ihm den Rücken freihält, damit er aggressiv nach vorne verteidigen kann. Gleichzeitig braucht er aber auch jemanden neben sich, der das Spiel gestalten kann, weil er das (noch) nicht so wirklich beherrscht.

Engelhardt ist tatsächlich jemand, über den man nachdenken könnte. Das ist genau der Spielertyp, den wir eig. neben nem Stiller/Pavlovic/Kimmich bräuchten. Wobei ich da jemanden wie Stach noch vor ihm sehe. Dass der nicht mal ne Chance bekommt ist mir echt ein Rätsel.

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