The Worries of the Father of the Family or Odradek
Narrated by Michael Troy
- Released
- April 20, 2022
- Length
- 4 mins
- Format
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bookstream GmbH
The Odradek, an imaginary creature from Franz Kafka's short story "The Concerns of a Family Man," is described as a flat, star-shaped spool of thread with various appendages. As the story unfolds, Kafka attributes more human traits to the Odradek, including the ability to stand and speak, highlighting its nomadic and potentially immortal nature through conversations with the narrator.
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