Kafka in Love
by Jacqueline Raoul-Duval
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Pub Date Nov 13 2012 | Archive Date Nov 13 2012
Description
Kafka was an attractive, slender, and elegant man--something of a dandy, who captivated his friends and knew how to charm women. He seemed to have had four important love affairs: Felice, Julie, Milena, and Dora. All of them lived far away, in Berlin or Vienna, and perhaps that's one of the reasons that he loved them: he chose long-distance relationships so he could have the pleasure of writing to them, without the burden of having to live with them. He was engaged to all four women, and four times he avoided marriage. At the end of each love affair, he threw himself into his writing and produced some of his most famous novels: Amerika, The Trial, and The Castle.
In this charming book, author Jacqueline Raoul-Duval follows the paper trail of Kafka's ardor. She uses his voice in her own writing, and a third of the book is pulled from Kafka's journals. It is the perfect introduction to this giant of world literature, and captures his life and romances in a style worthy of his own.
In this charming book, author Jacqueline Raoul-Duval follows the paper trail of Kafka's ardor. She uses his voice in her own writing, and a third of the book is pulled from Kafka's journals. It is the perfect introduction to this giant of world literature, and captures his life and romances in a style worthy of his own.
Advance Praise
“What a gorgeous, brilliant strategy for framing a life, through a close
reading and juxtaposition of Kafka’s loves. This novel must be the
purest form of biography: part faithfully quoted from the letters and
diaries, part richly imagined, it evokes a Kafka I had never known and
sent me racing back to the major works, grateful for fresh insights.
Raoul-Duval gives us the man—his ambivalences and anxieties, his passion
and self-absorption, his genius. Unforgettable.” —Leonard Rosen, author
of All Cry Chaos
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781590515419 |
PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
PAGES | 208 |