Why you should read Kafka before you waste your life
By: James Hawes.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780312376512
Subjects: Kafka, Franz, -- 1883-1924 -- Appreciation; Authors, Austrian -- 20th century -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Everybody know the face of Franz Kafka, whether they have read any of his works or not. And that brooding face carries instant images; bleak and threatening visions of an inescapable bureaucracy, nightmarish transformations, uncanny predictions of the Holocaust. But while Kafka's genius is beyond question, the image of a mysterious, sickly, shadowy figure who was scarcely know in his own lifetime bears no resemblance to the historical reality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-238) and index.