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Sdasd tont Posted 10 years ago
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POOR Franz Kafka. His lifetime being misunderstood by his family has been followed by an even longer literary afterlife being misunderstood by the world. According to a new biography by Reiner Stach, Kafka was not the neurotic, world-removed writer of, say, Isaac Bashevis Singer’s 1960s story, “A Friend of Kafka”, in which a friend says Kafka’s inhibitions “impeded him in everything”. Nor was he scarred solely by a difficult relationship with his overbearing father, an idea that Alan Bennett’s play “Kafka’s Dick” toyed with in the 1980s.
Can I transform that senstence to this?
His lifetime misunderstood by his family has been followed by an even longer literary afterlife misunderstood by the world.
Can I transform that senstence to this?
His lifetime misunderstood by his family has been followed by an even longer literary afterlife misunderstood by the world.
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No, that does not work grammatically. ") You could summarize in several ways. For example: During his life, he was misunderstood by his family; in his literary afterlife, he was misunderstood by the world.
- No, that does not work grammatically.
- ") You could summarize in several ways.
- For example: During his life, he was misunderstood by his family; in his literary afterlife, he was misunderstood by the world.
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No, that does not work grammatically. (Also, the original should read "His lifetime of being misunderstood....")
You could summarize in several ways. For example:
During his life, he was misunderstood by his family; in his literary afterlife, he was misunderstood by the world.
You could summarize in several ways. For example:
During his life, he was misunderstood by his family; in his literary afterlife, he was misunderstood by the world.
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