• The Corpse: Short story dealing with Alienation and Kafkaesque

     

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Extract

The Corpse is a short story by Joshua Gonzalez aka NeonFx and it deals one of the the most important aspects of the Kafkaesque: Alienation. In this same page i also included a short review of the story.
The Corpse
Opening his eyes, G. did not know where he was, did not know why he was lying on a cold floor. Once he came to his senses, and realizing he was in an alley, he turned his body on his right, and he saw the face of a dead man lying next to him. G. sprang to his feet from fright, and ran out into the street, sitting on the curb.
G., for the longest time, has been a depressed man…

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