Kafka: A Biography
A biography of the novelist and short story writer explores the cultural and historical context of his fiction, as well as his poor relationship with his father.
A biography of the novelist and short story writer explores the cultural and historical context of his fiction, as well as his poor relationship with his father.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780300106312 (0300106319)
Publish date: September 10th 2004
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Modern biography of Kafka, by a professional biographer rather than a friend. Lighter and more readable than Brod's, with more context because of the benefit of hindsight, eg lots of stuff about class/cultural divisions in Prague, Jewish life etc, that Brod took for granted. Focused very much on how...
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