The Disgraceful Lowlands of Writing
/Reiner Stach's masterful, epic biography of Kafka is finally complete. Never has the man been less mysterious, but can it illuminate the confounding, beguiling mystery of his writing?
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Reiner Stach's masterful, epic biography of Kafka is finally complete. Never has the man been less mysterious, but can it illuminate the confounding, beguiling mystery of his writing?
Read MoreThe latest volume in the author's magnificent multi-volume biography covers the last years of Kafka's life - years marked by passionate affairs, political upheavals, and the shadow of his final illness
Read MoreNow in an attractive reprint from Princeton: the first volume in Reiner Stach's towering multi-volume biography of the 20th century's troubled literary godfather
Read MoreA short Kafka biography by a renowned historian makes some unconventional interpretations of the 20th century's most enigmatic writer
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