Kafka

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$22.50 • £18.95 • €20.50

ISBN 9780674011380

Publication Date: 05/30/2003

192 pages

16 color illustrations, 31 duotones, 10 line drawings, 1 map

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Introduction by Ritchie Robertson
Fame—too late for the author
The son of a shopkeeper, lost in Prague
What does a boy learn at an Imperial and Royal Secondary School?
University, society and language in the capital of Bohemia
“Description of a Struggle”: the insurance official, his job, his plans and his journeys
The only way to write!
Life or literature? Kafka’s engagements and The Trial
The wound
A naked man among the clothed
Notes
Map of Prague
Chronology
List of Works
Further Reading
Picture Sources
Index

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