The allure of office memos written by Kafka? I don't know. I think it would be no small comedy to read his requests for a bigger paycheck - also, each and every word would thrum with sweaty-palmed paranoia. Mostly undeserved.

But this is it for the truly hardcore Kafka scholars - unless you find some Post-It notes or laundry lists, Kafka's every written word is out there, you...you vultures.

From Franz Kafka: Bitchy Notes Tacked to the Refrigerator

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i don't think there's ever been a book so perfectly suited to my particular aesthetic: literature + jargon. The introductions are deeply informative, and Kafka's writing is crisp and dense and fundamentally tied to actual circumstances. the combination is riveting, and also amazing. the issue of how legal language determines the facts of life is dramatized and underscored to such an extent that you can even see a 'chicken and the egg' scenario develop, confusing the intricacies of law and langu More...