Stories

8 hrs. 41 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Franz Kafka

Narrators Ekaterina Semenova, Alexander Dubina

Narrator Ekaterina Semenova

Narrator Alexander Dubina

Description

Franz Kafka’s audiobook “Running Past” includes selected stories that offer a vivid picture of the writer’s work. There are also major, famous works here: “The Metamorphosis” (what happens if, one fine morning, you wake up as a giant cockroach), and “In an Penal Colony” (about a completely unbelievable method of execution). There are also tiny stories—lasting only a minute or two—some of which are “food for gourmets” with a clear taste of Borges (“The Truth about Sancho Panza,” “The Song of Sirens”); others are like shadows of Brodsky’s poems (“Coming Home”); still others resemble Eco’s witty turns of phrase (“An Ordinary Story”).

Contents:

Reads Ekaterina Semenova
01. “Window to the Street”
02. “To the Riders for Reflection”
03. “A Refusal”
04. “The Passenger”
05. “Running Past”
06. “A Sudden Walk”
07. “The Defenders”
08. “An Appeal”
09. “Railway Passengers”
10. “The Sorrows of the Head of the Family”
11. “The Bachelor’s Grief”
12. “Gazing out of the window, absentmindedly”
13. “The Road Home”
14. “Coming Home”
15. “A Community”
16. “The Metamorphosis”

Reads Aleksandr Dubina
17. “A Description of One Struggle”
18. “Decisions”
19. “A Desire to Become an Indian”
20. “A Big Noise”
21. “On the Gallery”
22. “Jackals and Arabs”
23. “The Bridge”
24. “The Neighbor”
25. “Preparations for a Wedding in the Village”
26. “In an Penal Colony”
27. “Blumfeld, the Old Bachelor”
28. “An Ordinary Story”
29. “The Truth about Sancho Panza”
30. “The Song of Sirens”
31. “A Community of Scoundrels”
32. “Prometheus”
33. “The City Coat of Arms”
34. “A Set of Recruits”
35. “The Exam”
36. “A Little Bass”
37. “Departure”
38. “The Married Couple”
39. “Commentary (Don’t Count On It!)”
40. “On Parables”
41. “In Our Synagogue”