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From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a highly original and engaging appraisal of Kafka's life, work, legacy, and thought Franz Kafka was the poet of his own disorder. Throughout his life he struggled with a pervasive sense of shame and guilt that left traces in his daily existence—in his many letters, in his extensive diaries, and especially in his fiction. This stimulating book investigates some of the sources of Kafka's personal anguish and its complex reflections in his imaginary world. In his query, Saul Friedländer probes major aspects of Kafka's life (family, Judaism, love and sex, writing, illness, and despair) that until now have been skewed by posthumous censorship. Contrary to Kafka's dying request that all his papers be burned, Max Brod, Kafka's closest friend and literary executor, edited and published the author's novels and other works soon after his death in 1924. Friedländer shows that, when reinserted in Kafka's letters and diaries, deleted segments lift the mask of "sainthood" frequently attached to the writer and thus restore previously hidden aspects of his individuality. About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography

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Author

Saul Friedländer

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781299464018

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Memoir, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.5 / 5 (28 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13