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*Out of the massive research for an authoritative 1,500-page biography emerges this wunderkammer* of 99 delightfully odd facts about Kafka ** In the course of compiling his highly acclaimed three-volume biography of Kafka, while foraying to libraries and archives from Prague to Israel, Reiner Stach made one astounding discovery after another: unexpected photographs, inconsistencies in handwritten texts, excerpts from letters, and testimonies from Kafka’s contemporaries that shed surprising light on his personality and his writing. Is that Kafka? presents the crystal granules of the real Kafka: he couldn’t lie, but he tried to cheat on his high-school exams; bitten by the fitness fad, he avidly followed the regime of a Danish exercise guru; he drew beautifully; he loved beer; he read biographies voraciously; he made the most beautiful presents, especially for children; odd things made him cry or made him furious; he adored slapstick. Every discovery by Stach turns on its head the stereotypical version of the tortured neurotic―and as each one chips away at the monolithic dark Kafka, the keynote, of all things, becomes laughter. For Is that Kafka? Stach has assembled 99 of his mos

Author

Reiner Stach & Kurt Beals

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780811225168

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography

Rating

3.85 / 5 (54 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14