Nobody has written is not dead by choice, with more pleasure and greater rebellion that Heinrich von Kleist. All staging of his death is his last work of art: the consummation of all literary and theatrical dramas that had written until then. Therefore, this book begins with a suggestive text of Michel Tournier about his suicide. Then they follow three of his best stories: "The earthquake in Chile," "The Marquise of O" and "The beggar of Locarno." The first deals with the destructive force of Destiny and absurd world government. The second narrates the adventures of a woman who has been pregnant and do not know how. The third is a ghost story. In each of these three prose pieces that shines so dear to Kafka, characterized by a brilliant command of dramatic resources.
The narrator on the puppet theater describes how a young man sets foot on a stool in the same position as the Rom...read more
