Franz Kafka
Born
in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, Czech Republic
July 03, 1883
Died
June 03, 1924
Genre
Influences
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The Metamorphosis
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published
1915
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137 editions
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The Trial
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published
1925
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2910 editions
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The Castle
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published
1926
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979 editions
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Letter to His Father
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published
1919
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22 editions
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In the Penal Colony
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published
1918
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517 editions
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Amerika
by
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published
1927
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139 editions
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The Complete Stories
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published
1970
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181 editions
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Letters to Milena
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published
1952
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40 editions
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A Hunger Artist
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published
1924
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209 editions
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The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
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published
1915
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35 editions
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“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
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Polls
February 2018 New School Poll
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, 260 pages, 1979
The Castle by Franz Kafka, 316 pages, 1926
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, 439 pages, 1946
Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières, 437 pages, 1994
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious, 384 pages, 1956
Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pages, 1941
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington, 276 pages, 1918
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, 127 pages, 1923
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, 405 pages, 1991
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, 256 pages, 1952
The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather, 417 pages, 1915
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, 530 pages, 1987
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, 216 pages, 1940
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 453 pages, 1932
Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller, 357 pages, 1933
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