Kafka

In this classic of critical thought, Deleuze and Guattari challenge conventional interpretations of Kafka's work. Instead of exploring preexisting categories or literary genres, they propose a concept of 'minor literature' the use of major language that subverts it from within. They contend, that Kafka, writing as a Jew in Prague, made German 'take flight on a line of escape; and joyfully became a stranger within it. His work therefore serves as a model for understanding all critical language that must operate within the confines of the dominant language and culture. - from back cover.