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Kafka: The Decisive Years by Reiner Stach: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2005-11-01
- Pages
- 581
- ISBN
- 9780151007523
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0151007527
ISBN-13
9780151007523
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45585294
Product Key Features
Book Title
Kafka : the Decisive Years
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
European / General, Literary
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
34.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-014554
Reviews
"This is a masterpiece of inspired biographical writing, an intricate but empathetic portrayal of an elusive author." -- E.Williams "Choice Magazine" (06/01/2006), PRAISE FROM GERMANY FOR KAFKA: THE DECISIVE YEARS "Astonishingly, there was no good biography of Kafka. Finally, here it is."-- Die Zeit "The first great biography of Franz Kafka . . . exciting and instructive from the first to the last page."-- Tagesanzeiger, This is a masterpiece of inspired biographical writing, an intricate but empathetic portrayal of an elusive author., "I can't say enough about the liveliness and richness of Stach's book." -- Michael Dirda "Washington Post Book World" (11/27/2005), PRAISE FROM GERMANY FORKAFKA: THE DECISIVE YEARS "Astonishingly, there was no good biography of Kafka. Finally, here it is."--Die Zeit "The first great biography of Franz Kafka . . . exciting and instructive from the first to the last page."--Tagesanzeiger, In his examination of Kafka during the years he wrote most of his major texts, this excellent biographer is a man facing a man facing a mystery.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
833/.912 B B
Table Of Content
Contents Introduction 1 PROLOGUE: The Black Star 16 At Home with the Kafkas 21 Bachelors, Young and Old 42 Actors, Zionists, Wild People 54 Literature and Loneliness: Leipzig and Weimar 71 Last Stop Jungborn 86 A Young Lady from Berlin 94 The Ecstasy of Beginning: "The Judgment" and "The Stoker" 108 A Near Defenestration 119 The Girl, the Lady, and the Woman 134 Love and a Longing for Letters 145 Exultant Weeks, Little Intrigues 159 The Bauer Family 169 America and Back: The Man Who Disappeared 175 The Lives of Metaphors: "The Metamorphosis" 192 The Fear of Going Mad 206 Balkan War: The Massacre Next Door 226 1913 231 The Man Who Disappeared: Perfection and Disintegration 242 Invention and Exaggeration 253 Sexual Trepidation and Surrender 266 The Working World: High Tech and the Ghosts of Bureaucracy 281 The Proposal 297 Literature, Nothing but Literature 324 Three Congresses in Vienna 350 Trieste, Venice, Verona, Riva 368 Grete Bloch: The Messenger Arrives 379 An All-Time Low 390 Kafka and Musil 401 Matrimonial Plans and Asceticism 413 Tribunal in Berlin 433 The Great War 444 Self-Inflicted Justice: The Trial and "In the Penal Colony" 464 The Return of the East 484 The Grand Disruption 493 No-Man's-Land 508 Acknowledgments 517 Translator's note 519 Key to abbreviations 521 Notes 523 Bibliography 551 Photo credits 563 Index 565
Synopsis
This is the first of a three-volume, definitive biography of Franz Kafka. Eighty years after his death in 1924, Kafka remains one of the most intriguing figures in the history of world literature. Now, after more than a decade of research, working with over four thousand pages of journal entries, letters, and literary fragments, Reiner Stach re-creates the atmosphere in which Kafka lived and worked from 1910 to 1915. These are the years of Kafka's fascination with early forms of Zionism despite his longing to be assimilated into the minority German culture in Prague; of his off-again, on-again engagement to Felice Bauer; of the outbreak of World War I; and above all of the composition of his seminal works-The Metamorphosis, Amerika, The Judgment, and The Trial. Kafka: The Decisive Years-at once an extraordinary portrait of the writer and an original contribution to the art of literary biography., This is the first of a three-volume, definitive biography of Franz Kafka. Eighty years after his death in 1924, Kafka remains one of the most intriguing figures in the history of world literature. Now, after more than a decade of research, working with over four thousand pages of journal entries, letters, and literary fragments, Reiner Stach re-creates the atmosphere in which Kafka lived and worked from 1910 to 1915. These are the years of Kafka's fascination with early forms of Zionism despite his longing to be assimilated into the minority German culture in Prague; of his off-again, on-again engagement to Felice Bauer; of the outbreak of World War I; and above all of the composition of his seminal works-The Metamorphosis, Amerika, The Judgment, and The Trial. Kafka:The Decisive Years-at once an extraordinary portrait of the writer and an original contribution to the art of literary biography.
LC Classification Number
PT2621.A26Z866213
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- m***m (2311)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI’m thrilled with my recent purchase . The website was user-friendly, and the product descriptions were accurate. Customer service was prompt and helpful, answering all my questions. My order arrived quickly, well-packaged, and the product exceeded my expectations in quality. I’m impressed with the attention to detail and the overall experience. I’ll definitely shop here again and highly recommend from this seller to others. Thank you for a fantastic experience!
- a***n (53)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseMistakenly ordered a paperback that I thought was a hardcover, not sellers fault; it was described properly on the listing. Seller still processed a refund the day I went to return the item and let me keep the item anyway. A+++ service. Book arrived quickly in great condition and for a great price. Thank you so much! Amazing seller!
- n***c (96)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.