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The Hunter Gracchus
Written in 1917 during his stay in Prague's Alchimistengasse, The Hunter Gracchus remained unfinished and was published posthumously by Max Brod in 1931. The story emerged during a period when Kafka's tuberculosis had begun to manifest, lending particular weight to its themes of death suspended between worlds. The fragmentary text exists in multiple versions, suggesting Kafka struggled to find the right form for this tale of a hunter trapped between life and death. The narrative centers on Gracchus, a Black Forest hunter who died falling from a cliff while pursuing chamois, but whose death-ship lost its way and now drifts eternally between the worlds of the living and the dead. When he arrives in the port of Riva, he explains his condition to the town's mayor: "My death boat went wrong - a wrong turn of the helm, a moment's absence of mind by the pilot, a distraction from my wonderful homeland, I don't know what it was." This liminal state - neither fully alive nor properly dead - captures the particular horror of conscious existence trapped in endless transition, unable to reach either shore. The port of Riva serves as more than setting - it functions as a threshold space where the boundaries between life and death become permeable. Gracchus's conversations with the mayor reveal how his eternal wandering has transformed him into a kind of living paradox: conscious of his death yet unable to complete it, forever arriving in ports but never reaching a destination. The text's unfinished state mirrors its theme of incompletion, as if the story itself shares Gracchus's inability to reach a final resting place. Maritime imagery throughout the fragments suggests Kafka's preoccupation with voyage and stasis, movement that never achieves true progress. The hunter's condition resonates with the Jewish experience of diaspora, while also pointing toward more universal questions about consciousness trapped between being and nonbeing. This modern translation from the original German is a fresh, accessible and beautifully rendered text that brings to life Kafka's great literary work. This edition contains extra amplifying material including an illuminating afterword, a timeline of Kafka's life and works alongside of the historical events which shaped his art, and a short biography, to place this work in its socio-historical context.
I'm Just Here for More Food
Dig into the science, history, and trivia of baking in this follow-up to the James Beard Award–winning I’m Just Here for the Food. Includes recipes! Alton Brown explores the science behind breads, cakes, cookies, pies, and custards, explaining it in his own inimitable style. Recipes cover all the basics, from pie crust to funnel cake to cheese souffle. The book also contains appendices and equipment lists. Recipes include: Piña Colada Waffles Chicken and Dumplings Free-Form Apple Pie Chocolate Pound Cake Pizza Dough Halloween Mousse Everyday Bread And more! “I’m Just Here for More Food takes one of the most knotty areas of cooking and makes it delightfully straightforward. For anyone who’s interested in baking, even an expert, this book offers an enormous amount of useful and fascinating information.” —The Austin Chronicle “An instruction manual for people who want to be better bakers . . . Anyone who has a yen to learn the science and methodology behind good food will find this a fascinating read.” —Publishers Weekly
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)
One of the New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan–the inspiration for the television series on Apple TV+. In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant–and that her lover is married–she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. Profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. *Includes reading group guide* NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER