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About Franz Kafka
German-language Jewish writer from Prague
Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish writer from Prague. He is a major figure of 20th-century literature, known for works that blend realism with the fantastic and for the word Kafkaesque, now used for situations marked by confusion, absurdity, and impersonal power. His best-known books include the novella The Metamorphosis and the novels The Trial and The Castle. He is also remembered for brief fables and aphorisms that often mix comic touches with the darker concerns of his longer fiction, and his writing has influenced many fields beyond literature.
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Books by Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis
2009
Der Proceß
2005
Das Schloß
2009
Briefe an Milena
2015
Amerika
2002