The Vignettes: The Consolation of Kafka and Monet Unfinished is a collection of sketches and short stories separated from each other by a date. The designated date is where the Kafka and Monet console the author. This consolation part of the work, mimicking Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, interrupts the reader giving the reader the impression that he/she is reading two books at one time, that is, the short story itself and the story inside the mind of the author while writing. It is unfinished, as the subtitle states, just as the conversation about the sketches should always be...