- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (3 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0316724793
- ISBN-13: 978-0316724791
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 597,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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ALDOUS HUXLEY: 'This excellent biography has come at the right time' - Jeanette Winterson, The Times Generous and intelligent biography' - J.G. Ballard, Guardian 'Excellent' - Roy Jenkins
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At the gates of the New Jewish Cemetery in the Prague suburb of Strasnice, a lean and ancient custodian emerges to greet the visitor. Read the first page
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At the gates of the New Jewish Cemetery in the Prague suburb of Strasnice, a lean and ancient custodian emerges to greet the visitor. Read the first page
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This is one of the best of the very many titles around on the life of Kafka.
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A responsible general biography
13 Nov 2007
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This biography of Franz Kafka can be recommended for the general reader in every way except one: it is not the best biography in English of Kafka or the one to read if you wish (as most people) to read only one. I preferred Ernest Pawel's "The Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz Kafka," which has more color and passion and comes closer to bringing Kafka to life as a three-dimensional figure. (It may be out of print, but it can easily be found on the secondary market.)
Murray's biography is well-written, readable, and responsible, although a little dry and pedestrian. In addition to surveying Kafka's life satisfactorily -- via a somewhat artificial four-part structure (Prague, Felice, Milena, and Dora, the last three being the three women with whom Kafka had the longest and most meaningful relationships) -- Murray also discusses and properly places Kafka's literary works in the context of his life without ever engaging in academic literary exegesis. Thus, this is very much a biography for the general reader, and if the Pawel biography cannot be obtained, one need not hesitate about turning to Murray's.
Murray's biography is well-written, readable, and responsible, although a little dry and pedestrian. In addition to surveying Kafka's life satisfactorily -- via a somewhat artificial four-part structure (Prague, Felice, Milena, and Dora, the last three being the three women with whom Kafka had the longest and most meaningful relationships) -- Murray also discusses and properly places Kafka's literary works in the context of his life without ever engaging in academic literary exegesis. Thus, this is very much a biography for the general reader, and if the Pawel biography cannot be obtained, one need not hesitate about turning to Murray's.
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