{"product_id":"why-you-should-read-kafka-before-you-waste-your-life","title":"Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWhy You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJames Hawes\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780312376512\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSt. Martin's Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverybody knows the face of Franz Kafka, whether they have read any of his works or not. And that brooding face carries instant images: bleak and threatening visions of an inescapable bureaucracy, nightmarish transformations, uncanny predictions of the Holocaust. But while Kafka's genius is beyond question, the image of a mysterious, sickly, shadowy figure who was scarcely known in his own lifetime bears no resemblance to the historical reality. Franz Kafka was a popular and well-connected millionaire's son who enjoyed good-time girls, brothels, and expensive porn, who landed a highly desirable state job that pulled in at least $90,000 a year in today's dollars for a six-hour day, who remained a loyal member of Prague's German-speaking Imperial elite right to the end, and whose work was backed by a powerful literary clique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are some of the prevalent Kafka myths: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Kafka was the archetypal genius neglected in his lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Kafka was lonely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Kafka was stuck in a dead-end job, struggling to find time to write. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Kafka was tormented by fear of sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Kafka was unbendingly honest about himself to the women in his life - \"too\" honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Kafka had a terrible, domineering father who had no understanding of his son's needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Kafka's style is mysterious and opaque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Kafka takes us into bizarre worlds. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Hawes wants to tear down the critical walls which generations of gatekeepers---scholars, biographers, and tourist guides---have built up around Franz Kafka, giving us back the real man and the real significance of his splendid works. And he'll take no prisoners in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life | James Hawes | Hardcover | 9780312376512 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1774673","offer_id":50756051566850,"sku":"1774673","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/A1t5cTbCsuL.jpg?v=1792023388","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/why-you-should-read-kafka-before-you-waste-your-life","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}