Stach, Reiner
Kafka: The Early Years
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691178189
- author:
- Stach, Reiner
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 584
- Dimensions:
- 6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.40(d)
- Genre:
- Literature Biographies & True Stories
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Franz Kafka: The Early Years by Reiner Stach is the final volume of a definitive biography that explores the life and circumstances that shaped the writer. This book takes readers from Kafka's birth in Prague to the beginning of his professional and literary career, providing a richly atmospheric portrait of his family, education, and personal development. The narrative draws on numerous sources, including family letters, schoolmates' memoirs, and early diaries of his close friend Max Brod, offering vivid and often startling details about Kafka's life. The book also provides a colorful panorama of the wider world in which Kafka lived, including the convoluted politics and culture of Prague before World War I. Kafka's experiences during this period, including witnessing violent outbreaks of anti-Semitism and nationalism, are poignantly detailed, while his interests in new technologies and the back-to-nature movement are also explored. This biography invites readers to explore a neglected period of Kafka's life, providing insight into the complex personal, political, and cultural circumstances that shaped him.
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