The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1910-1923 (The Schocken Kafka Library)

Kafka, Franz

ISBN 10: 0805209069 / ISBN 13: 9780805209068

Published by Schocken, 1988

About this Item

This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Seller Inventory # DBV.0805209069.A

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1910-1923 (The Schocken Kafka Library)
• Publisher: Schocken
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805209069
• ISBN 13: 9780805209068
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

The diaries of the acclaimed author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial—one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—provide a penetrating look into Prague and the life and dreams of one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. 

These diaries cover the years 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka’s death at the age of forty. They provide a look into Kafka’s accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt, and his feelings of being an outcast. They offer an account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.

About the Author

Franz Kafka was born in 1883 in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including “The Metamorphosis,” “The Judgment,” and “The Stoker.” He died in 1924, before completing any of his full-length novels. At the end of his life, Kafka asked his lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his unpublished work. Brod overrode those wishes.