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"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 17686 38 6150947 book 1374 Diaries of Franz Kafka (Schocken Classics Series) total:388|5:165|4:135|3:69|2:16|1:3| 388 1607 645 20 5223 3.86 57316 2913 62342857 1450485 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.25 287
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 4 11 false Mon Jul 06 10:19:59 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 23:02:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 41466793 1720861 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 5 0 false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Wed Dec 31 21:34:44 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 21:46:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 8150086 566577 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Oct 23 16:39:37 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 16:02:34 -0700 2007
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"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 0 0 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Jun 04 06:54:45 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 06:54:45 -0700 2007
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"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 4 0 false Thu Apr 02 11:16:10 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 11:17:25 -0700 2009 959574 72503 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 5 0 false Mon Apr 30 19:25:45 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 30 19:35:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 50906021 2174826 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 0 0 false Mon Mar 30 07:31:38 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:31:38 -0700 2009 63128136 1425694 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 0 0 false Sun Jul 12 03:19:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 03:20:11 -0700 2009 19859755 1069005 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Thu Apr 10 07:36:42 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 07:46:38 -0700 2008
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"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 4 1 false Mon Oct 29 19:18:33 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 16 06:52:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 346700 26152 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 5 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 20 12:59:58 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 16:51:19 -0800 2009 8965392 614097 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 0 0 false Sun Nov 11 12:25:47 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 20 18:59:04 -0800 2007 14904466 688942 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 3 0 false Fri Feb 08 09:01:50 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 23:18:07 -0800 2008 24986176 464532 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 4 0 false Fri Jun 20 09:45:53 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 10:19:59 -0700 2008 13908929 372368 336909 0805204253 9780805204254 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217431530m/336909.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217431530s/336909.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336909.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka_1914_1923 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 5 0 true Mon Jan 28 23:13:33 -0800 2008 Thu May 01 23:30:51 -0700 2008 628442 25284 363849 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250099628m/363849.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250099628s/363849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/363849._ 3.54 28
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 0 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Sun Apr 08 01:59:55 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 08 01:59:55 -0700 2007 32359049 1437098 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 4 0 false Mon Sep 08 12:23:21 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 12:25:35 -0700 2008 412802 37989 336909 0805204253 9780805204254 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217431530m/336909.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217431530s/336909.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336909.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka_1914_1923 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Mar 24 15:09:46 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:03:03 -0800 2009 10470561 643839 17686 0805209069 9780805209068 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694m/17686.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166829694s/17686.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17686.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 5 0 false Sat Dec 15 11:43:41 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 11:44:02 -0800 2007 2493623 78100 336909 0805204253 9780805204254 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217431530m/336909.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217431530s/336909.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336909.Diaries_of_Franz_Kafka_1914_1923 4.14 388
"What seems to hold [the diaries] together is a kind of ruthless honesty and self-awareness." -- New York Times

Though Franz Kafka is one of the greatest and most widely read and discussed authors of the twentieth century, and continues to be a tremendous influence on artists of our time, he remains an elusive figure, his life and work open to endless interpretation.

These diaries reveal the essential Kafka behind the enigmatic artist. Covering the period from 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty, they provide a penetrating look into Kafka's world -- notes on life in Prague, accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and for the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt and of being an outcast, and his struggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.

Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.]]> 1374 2 0 false Thu Jun 28 11:24:34 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:00:53 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2573836