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Jun 2024
52m 8s

Metamorphosis and Myth

THE TLS
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This week, Ben Hutchinson on the making of Franz Kafka, a century after the writer's death; and an interview with Roz Dineen about her vision of climate catastrophe and societal collapse.


'Kafka: Making of an icon', Weston Library, Bodleian, Oxford, until October 27

Accompanying book edited by Ritchie Robertson

'Briefly Very Beautiful', by Roz Dineen


Produced by Charlotte Pardy


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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