Inside the mind of Franz Kafka
A revelatory edition of his diaries and a new biography upend the simplified myth of the anguished writer.
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A revelatory edition of his diaries and a new biography upend the simplified myth of the anguished writer.
A revelatory edition of his diaries and a new biography upend the simplified myth of the anguished writer.
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On the centenary of his death, a new English translation of the great writer’s journals reveals some surprising details
Between 1909 and 1923, Franz Kafka kept what he called his Tagebücher, or “diaries”. At first glance, much of their content is strikingly unrecognisable as diary entries – often undated, penned deep into the night in dense handwriting, with crossings-out, corrections and insertions, now and then accompanied by drawings.