It took some 60 years for the National Library of Israel to exhibit its collection of Franz Kafka’s letters, books, drawings ...
Did you know that Kafka wrote kind letters to a girl who lost her doll in the park-as the doll? And that this was meant to help her slowly get over the loss of said doll? I, for one, did not.
In this exhibition, we are relying on the information we’re given to try to reach a mythologized goal that is always out of reach.
A new exhibition on Franz Kafka misses the point.
Franz Kafka published little during his life and shared the manuscripts of his novels and short stories mostly with confidants in his literary “Prague Circle.” After contracting tuberculosis, Kafka ...
Why does Franz Kafka’s spell remain unbroken a hundred years after his death? Why do we still perceive Kafka as so modern and contemporary? Because Kafka wrote such beautiful letters? Because we love ...
During his lifetime, he commanded the burning of his complete stock of works, letters and writings after his passing away. Fortunately, his publisher and friend didn't carry out his wish and has ...