 His glance fell on the top storey of the house adjoining the quarry. With a flicker as of a light going up, the casements of a window there suddenly flew open; a human figure, faint and insubstantial at that distance and that height, leaned abruptly far...  Literature and Law - Page 61edited by - 2004 - 244 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Harry Slochower - Myth in literature - 1970 - 376 pages
...is faintly suggested in Joseph K's vision at the end of The Trial: His glance fell on the top storey of the house adjoining the quarry. With a flicker...a window there suddenly flew open; a human figure, faint and insubstantial at that distance and that height, leaned abruptly far forward and stretched... | |
 | Dorrit Cohn - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 348 pages
...thoughts instants before he is slaughtered by his two executioners: His glance fell on the top storey of the house adjoining the quarry. With a flicker...a window there suddenly flew open, a human figure, faint and insubstantial at that distance and that height, leaned abruptly far forward and stretched... | |
 | Erich Fromm - Philosophy - 1990 - 278 pages
...his own unproductiveness, his lack of love, and his lack of faith: His glance fell on the top storey of the house adjoining the quarry. With a flicker...a window there suddenly flew open; a human figure, faint and insubstantial at that distance and that height, leaned abruptly far forward and stretched... | |
 | Theodor W. Adorno - Music - 1996 - 189 pages
...the death of Josef K. in The Trial, a mere fluttering of the good life that is possible but is not: With a flicker as of a light going up, the casements...a window there suddenly flew open; a human figure, faint and insubstantial at that distance and that height, leaned abruptly far forward and stretched... | |
 | Luiz Costa Lima - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 372 pages
...his shirt. But he has a last flare of quixotism just before he dies: His glance fell on the top floor of the house adjoining the quarry. With a flicker...a window there suddenly flew open; a human figure, faint and insubstantial at that distance and that height, leaned abruptly far forward and stretched... | |
 | Whittaker Chambers - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 408 pages
...thin, double-edged butcher's knife, held it up and tested the cutting edge in the moonlight. . . . With a flicker as of a light going up, the casements of a window [in the house] suddenly flew open; a human figure, faint and insubstantial, at that distance and at... | |
 | Barbara Korte - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 348 pages
...appear to pull the reader closer; their image seems to be magnified. His glance fell on the top storey of the house adjoining the quarry. With a flicker...a window there suddenly flew open; a human figure, faint and insubstantial at that distance and that height, leaned abruptly far forward and stretched... | |
 | Richard Kearney, Mark Dooley - Deconstruction - 1999 - 328 pages
..."the grammars of fallen man" include a faint hope of redemption. As he was about to die, [K.'s] gaze fell on the top story of the house adjoining the quarry....a window there suddenly flew open; a human figure, faint and insubstantial at that distance and that height, leaned abruptly forward and stretched both... | |
 | Michael McKeon - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 972 pages
...ofThe Trial. It renders Joset K.'s thoughts instants before he is slaughtered by his two executioners: His glance fell on the top story of the house adjoining...a window there suddenly flew open, a human figure, taint and insubstantial at that distance and that height, leaned abruptly far forward and stretched... | |
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