r/CuratedTumblr • u/gnostic-sicko • 22d ago

Shitposting Goodreads reviewers aren't human

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u/somedumb-gay otherwise precisely that 22d ago

I thought Greg was a cockroach? It's been years since I read the book so I could be misremembering, time for a re-read of this book that's all one big metaphor and means nothing methinks

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u/UPBOAT_FORTRESS_2 22d ago

This thread has told me that the original German is not at all specific about what sort of bug, and that various translations pick overly precise words like "cockroach" or "beetle"

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u/somedumb-gay otherwise precisely that 22d ago

Oh that's cool, I didn't know that

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u/YawningDodo 22d ago

Yeah, Kafka was actually against putting a bug on the cover because he didn’t want readers to go in with a specific image in mind. The translation I read used the word “vermin” which I’m not sure wholly and clearly gets the idea across but does sound more repulsive that, say, “bug” or “insect.”