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These diaries cover the years 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka’s death at the age of forty. They provide a penetrating look into life in Prague and into Kafka’s accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt, and his feelings of being an outcast. They offer an account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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There is as much love in these Diaries (for Kafka as well as the reader) as there is in his novels and collected short stories. In fact, it seems that much of his writing sprung from these diaries. More than a few unpublished/unfinished stories appear in these diaries, as well as half-begun first sentences. His style is present even in personal reflections and daily remembrances. All that being said, I might not recommend these diaries as the first Kafka works to read. If you don't already have an appreciation or interest in Kafka, then you might find yourself asking "who cares?", that is, unless you are a fan of reading diaries in general.
At first they start off as slow reading, either because you are unaccustomed to reading them or because what he writes about is not as interesting (it is hard to tell from a first time reading) but once you get half way through 1911 or 1912 you should find yourself much more absorbed. It becomes much easier to understand what he is saying and to put them into context. If you are already a big fan of Kafka and have read many of his works, then this is strongly recommended. If you are a writer and fan of Kafka then you may find even more inspiration in his diaries than in his fiction.
At first they start off as slow reading, either because you are unaccustomed to reading them or because what he writes about is not as interesting (it is hard to tell from a first time reading) but once you get half way through 1911 or 1912 you should find yourself much more absorbed. It becomes much easier to understand what he is saying and to put them into context. If you are already a big fan of Kafka and have read many of his works, then this is strongly recommended. If you are a writer and fan of Kafka then you may find even more inspiration in his diaries than in his fiction.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Kafka left instructions with Max Brod to burn all of these journals. Max, however, believed they were too important to be lost and devoted himself to organizing the diaries for publication.
Kafka made his entries in a manner convenient for himself: starting at the back, writing upside down, changing journals daily. All of this made the task of organizing them very difficult. Max Brod did a tremendous job and only misjudged the placement of a handful of entries.
The diaries themselves contain a lot of things no writer would want seen. They are fragments, drafts, and sketches he worked on during the nights. Most are not very good--as they are. Their value comes in the later, published, incarnations. These writings give us a little insight into the way Franz Kafka worked. Several of the entries are worked and reworked over a period of years. They show subtle shifts in Kafka's insight, perspective, and craftsmanship.
Kafka made his entries in a manner convenient for himself: starting at the back, writing upside down, changing journals daily. All of this made the task of organizing them very difficult. Max Brod did a tremendous job and only misjudged the placement of a handful of entries.
The diaries themselves contain a lot of things no writer would want seen. They are fragments, drafts, and sketches he worked on during the nights. Most are not very good--as they are. Their value comes in the later, published, incarnations. These writings give us a little insight into the way Franz Kafka worked. Several of the entries are worked and reworked over a period of years. They show subtle shifts in Kafka's insight, perspective, and craftsmanship.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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You tired of reading interpretations on kafka's work, this is the best place you could be. Though sometimes reading series of life events is boring, like his goings to theatre and musicals and his critics of the actors; you also stumble on many insights on his family - social life and psychology.
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