In this affecting book, he offers moving insights into the creativity of Franz Kafka and the torment he suffered as a man, a lover, and a writer. One morning, ordinary salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up ...

Social media is turning the enigmatic Jewish writer into a shallow meme, writes the author of a new novel based on his work. The writer Franz Kafka died 100 years ago on June 3, 1924, one month ...

When you think of Franz Kafka, there are a few words that likely come to mind: Lonely, tortured, isolated. But this depiction ...

A letter from Franz Kafka in which he tells a friend ... In the one-page letter in German and signed just "Kafka", the Prague-born novelist says he has not written anything in three years.

Why do we continue to find Franz Kafka so compelling 100 years after his death? Why is Kafka still considered to be so modern and contemporary? What awaits us in Kafka’s anniversary year of 2024?

A collection of documents by the author Franz Kafka is now publicly available online, following intensive restoration, cataloguing and digitisation. The digitised collection includes three draft ...

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) is one of the most influential of modern authors, whose darkly fascinating novels and stories - where themes such as power, punishment and alienation loom large - have become ...

We know that Franz Kafka was himself a good illustrator and also liked to go to the cinema. We can therefore presume that he might have enjoyed visual versions of his works, such as comics. From ...

A "Kafkaesque" 11-year fight to bring together author Franz Kafka's papers has come to an end after the last batch arrived in Israel. The National Library unveiled the documents after years of ...

Franz Kafka, Author, read by Alan Scarfe, Jack Wetherall. CBC Audio $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-660-19550-6 Relatively unknown as a writer during his short lifetime, Kafka (1883–1924) became a major ...

A century after the death of Franz Kafka, a five-page original manuscript and a letter from the writer were auctioned in ...

But who really was the graduate lawyer Franz Kafka? The TV documentary reveals that his narratives and novels were not as incomprehensible as many might claim. Several text passages are ...