Dearest Father (Oneworld Classics) - Softcover

Franz Kafka

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847490255 ISBN 13: 9781847490254

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2008

Synopsis

Conflict between father and son is one of the oldest themes in literature, and in this open letter to his father - a letter which was never sent - Kafka tries to come to terms with one of the most deeply rooted obsessions of his troubled soul. Written as a long, tense and dramatic confession in which writer and man are gathered together in front of an ambivalent figure of authority, "Letter to my Father" is a desperate attempt to retrace the origins of a turbulent and highly conflicted relationship between an unflinching parent and an extremely sensitive child. Both a merciless indictment of his father and an impassioned appeal to him, Kafka's inspired work is one of the most lucid and touching psychological documents of the twentieth century.

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About the Author

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century, known for The Metamorphosis and The Trial.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847490255
• ISBN 13: 9781847490254
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150