The Pigeon follows in the literary tradition of Franz Kafka (1883-1924).
Characteristic of his work is that tension established between two worlds, one represented in naturalistic detail and another that is illogical, subjective, and threatening. The transition from the one world to the other is achieved in a simple line of text. The initial sentence of The Metamorphosis (1948; Die Verwandlung, 1912) introduces Gregor Samsa suddenly to nightmarish.....
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