Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life

Hawes, James

ISBN 10: 0312376510 / ISBN 13: 9780312376512

Published by St. Martin's Press, 2008

About this Item

Publisher: St. Martins Press, New York, 2008. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Pristine. As new. Unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312376510
• ISBN 13: 9780312376512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New

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Synopsis

Whimsically debunks popular myths attributed to the persona and work of Franz Kafka, in a portrait that describes the real-world circumstances surrounding his relationship with his father, his sexuality, and his writing career. 20,000 first printing.

About the Author

James Hawes is a novelist and Kafka scholar with a Ph.D. in German literature. He is the author of A White Merc with Fins, White Powder, Green Light, and Speak for England. As an undergraduate at Oxford, Hawes was allowed---uniquely---to handle the original manuscript of Kafka's The Castle. He lives in Cardiff, Wales.