Gregor, Kafka, Limbus. An inquiry into Gregor Samsa(ra), and the parallels between sinner and salaryman

"If anyone’s doing the heavy lifting, it’d be us... Hey! Manager Bud! More incoming!"

In this episode, I take a look at suffering and redemption in The Metamorphosis, philosophical pessimism, and how Gregor in Limbus Company might be Georg Bendeman, the happiest Gregor yet, or even Kafka himself. Reincarnation is a heck of a thing.

Plus of course the traditional (I've done it three, now it's definitely a tradition) interlude dub!

Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker

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References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_pessimism

Ryan, M. P. (1999). Samsa and Samsara: Suffering, Death, and Rebirth in “The Metamorphosis.” The German Quarterly, 72(2), 133–152. https://doi.org/10.2307/408369

Kafka: The Metamorphosis,  translated by Willa and Edwin Muir 

https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Gregor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-translating-kafkas-the-metamorphosis

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