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Dec 2024
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Franz Kafka - "Homecoming" - 1920

Peter Kovacs
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📚 Franz Kafka - "Homecoming" (1920) 🏠🕰️

In Homecoming, Franz Kafka captures the profound tension of returning to a place that is both familiar and alien. A young man steps into his father’s farmyard after a long absence, only to find himself gripped by uncertainty and estrangement. 🚪🌌 The desolate surroundings—a broken farmyard, a fluttering torn cloth, and the looming kitchen door—become a stage for his inner turmoil.Through vivid and symbolic imagery, Kafka explores themes of alienation, belonging, and the haunting distance between past and present. 🕊️❄️ His protagonist stands at the threshold of the known and unknown, embodying the fragile human struggle to reconcile memory and identity. A poignant reflection on the barriers between home and self. 🌫️✨
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