![]() The humor and light-heartedness sometimes expressed in Kafka’s fiction, as well as the generally positive image arising from recollections by friends and acquaintances, are missing from the diaries. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 - Diaries, Authors, Austrian - 20th century - Diaries. While this is certainly part of Kafka’s character, it is typical for a private journal, not meant for publication, to express more of the writer’s anxieties and worries. The diaries offer an image of a profoundly depressed man, isolated from friends and family, involved in a series of failed relationships, and constantly sick. These diaries were in the background all through the composition of Kafka’s major works and many of them are discussed and analyzed in detail. Kafka began keeping the diaries at the age of 27, as an attempt to provoke his stalled creativity, and kept writing in them until 1923, a year before his death. The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1910-1923 (Modern Classics) Kafka, Franz Published byPenguin Books, 1972 ISBN 10: 014003403XISBN 13: 9780140034035 Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, United Kingdom Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - SoftcoverCondition: Very Good £ 5. Kafka’s diaries offer a detailed view of the writer’s thoughts and feelings, as well as some of his most famous and quotable statements. ![]() Franz Kafka’s Diaries, written in German language between 1910-1923, include casual observations, details of daily life, reflections on philosophical ideas, accounts of dreams, and ideas for stories. ![]()
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