| Description |
682 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: Kafka, die Jahre der Erkenntnis. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-664) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: the ants of Prague -- Stepping outside the self -- No literary prize for Kafka -- "Civilian kavka": the work of war -- The marvel of Marienbad -- What do I have in common with Jews? -- Kafka encounters his readers -- The alchemist -- Ottla and Felice -- The country doctor ventures out -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Zurau's ark -- Meditations -- Spanish influenza, Czech revolt, Jewish angst -- The pariah girl -- The unposted letter to Hermann Kafka -- Merano, second class -- Milena -- Living fires -- The big Nevertheless -- Escape to the mountains -- Fever and snow: Tatranské Matliary -- The internal and the external clock -- The personal myth: The castle -- Retiree and Hunger artist -- The Palestinian -- Dora -- The edge of Berlin -- Last sorrow -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924.
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Authors, Austrian -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Frisch, Shelley Laura, translator.
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| Added Title |
Kafka, die Jahre der Erkenntnis. English
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| ISBN |
9780691147512 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
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0691147515 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
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