Kafka The Years Of Insight - Reiner Stach

Telling The Story Of Kafkas Final Years As Never Before-the Third Volume In The Acclaimed Definitive Biographythis Volume Of Reiner Stachs Acclaimed And Definitive Biography Of Franz Kafka Tells The Story Of The Final Years Of The Writers Life, From 1916 To 1924-a Period During Which The World Kafka Had Known Came To An End. Stachs Riveting Narrative, Which Reflects The Latest Findings About Kafkas Life And Works, Draws Readers In With Nearly Cinematic Precision, Zooming In For Extreme Close-ups Of Kafkas Personal Life, Then Pulling Back For Panoramic Shots Of A Wider World Blighted By World War I, Disease, And These Years, Kafka Was Spared Military Service At The Front, Yet His Work As A Civil Servant Brought Him Into Chilling Proximity With Its Grim Realities. He Was Witness To Unspeakable Misery, Lost The Financial Security He Had Been Counting On To Lead The Life Of A Writer, And Remained Captive For Years In His Hometown Of Prague.