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The Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz Kafka

by Ernst Pawel · 1984

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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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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 496 pages

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