Another Myth Shattered

Apparently, in the shockingly corrupt world we live in, not even a man’s suffering from entomological dysplasia is sacred.

The NYT broke the story:

In a scandal that’s sending shock waves through both the publishing industry and academia, the author Franz Kafka has been revealed to be a fraud.

” ‘The Metamorphosis’–purported to be the fictional account of a man who turns into a large cockroach–is actually non-fiction,” according to a statement released by Mr. Kafka’s editor, who spoke only on the condition that he be identified as E.

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James Enge is the author of the World-Fantasy-Award-nominated novel Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, April 2009). His latest book is The Wide World's End. His short fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and elsewhere.
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2 Responses to Another Myth Shattered

    • JE says:

      I forwarded the story to my daughter, who’s the biggest Kafka fan I know, and she asked me suspiciously, “Is this for real?” So apparently it’s one of those jokes that’s oddly plausible in these odd times…

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