Peter Kuper Books

A stunning graphic novel adaptation of Franz Kafka’s famous story of a man who finds himself transformed into a monstrous cockroach. “Darkly appropriate . . . Kuper’s work rivals that of Art Spiegelman.”—Chicago Sun-Times Acclaimed graphic artist Peter Kuper presents a brilliant, darkly comic reimagining of Kafka’s classic tale of family, alienation, and a giant bug. Kuper’s electric drawings—which merge American cartooning with German expressionism—bring Kafka’s prose to vivid life, reviving the original story’s humor and poignancy in a way that will surprise and delight readers of Kafka and graphic novels alike.

A story of love, adventure and politics – and two lives changed forever by Mexico and the monarch butterfly

Award-winning graphic novelist Peter Kuper presents a mesmerizing interpretation of fourteen iconic Kafka short stories. Long fascinated with the work of Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper began illustrating his stories in 1988. Initially drawn to the master’s dark humor, Kuper adapted the stories over the years to plumb their deeper truths. Kuper’s style deliberately evokes Lynd Ward and Frans Masereel, contemporaries of Kafka whose wordless novels captured much of the same claustrophobia and mania as Kafka’s tales. Working from new translations of the classic texts, Kuper has reimagined these iconic stories for the twenty-first century, using setting and perspective to comment on contemporary issues like civil rights and homelessness. Longtime lovers of Kafka will appreciate Kuper’s innovative interpretations, while Kafka novices will discover a haunting introduction to some of the great writer’s most beguiling stories, including "A Hunger Artist," "In The Penal Colony," and "The Burrow." Kafkaesque stands somewhere between adaptation and wholly original creation, going beyond a simple illustration of Kafka’s words to become a stunning work of art.

Die Geschichte des 1936 geborenen Journalistensohnes Peter Kuper ist die Allerweltsgeschichte eines gutbürgerlichen Falls von Schwererziehbarkeit; es ist die deutsche Nachkriegsgeschichte eines Autodiebs aus manischer Leidenschaft für alles Amerikanische: eine Leidenschaft, in der Kuper sich noch an den eleganten schmalen US-Handschellen ergötzt, die ihm mehrfach angelegt werden; es ist die alltägliche Geschichte abgebrochener Lehren, erfolgloser Nachhilfestunden und monotoner Gefängnisaufenthalte.

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