The Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz Kafka
A comprehensive and interpretative biography of Franz Kafka that is both a monumental work of scholarship and a vivid, lively evocation of Kafka's world.
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- Macmillan + ORM
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9781429933339
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Franz Kafka's lifeLiterary biographyEarly 20th century Prague
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyWon(1984)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1984)
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