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Franz Kafka


Born
in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, Czech Republic
July 03, 1883

Died
June 03, 1924

Genre
Fiction, Philosophy, Short Stories

Influences
Franz Werfel, Knut Hamsun, Robert Walser, Anton Chekhov, Søren Kierkeg ...more


Prague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as " The Metamorphosis " (1916), and posthumously published novels, including The Trial (1925), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world.

Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature.

His stories include "The Metamorphosis" (1912) and " In the Penal Colony " (1914), whereas his posthumous novels include The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).

Despite first language, Kafka also spoke fluent Czech. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 2,134,876 ratings · 114,659 reviews · 3,226 distinct works � Similar authors
The Metamorphosis
3.89 avg rating — 1,316,611 ratings — published 1915 — 170 editions
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The Trial
3.94 avg rating — 372,267 ratings — published 1925 — 2873 editions
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The Castle
3.92 avg rating — 71,186 ratings — published 1926 — 968 editions
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Letter to His Father
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4.04 avg rating — 52,663 ratings — published 1919 — 517 editions
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Amerika
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3.74 avg rating — 32,767 ratings — published 1927 — 656 editions
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The Complete Stories
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4.33 avg rating — 27,932 ratings — published 1911 — 181 editions
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In the Penal Colony
3.93 avg rating — 30,535 ratings — published 1918 — 143 editions
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A Hunger Artist
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4.10 avg rating — 21,545 ratings — published 1924 — 27 editions
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Letters to Milena
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3.91 avg rating — 21,930 ratings — published 1952 — 251 editions
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4.09 avg rating — 20,468 ratings — published 1915 — 35 editions
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“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
― Franz Kafka
tags: honesty, truth-telling, writing
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“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
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“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
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January 2016 New School Group Read

1937, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, 366 pages
 
  23 votes, 16.0%

 
  21 votes, 14.6%

1915, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, 201 pages
 
  13 votes, 9.0%

 
  12 votes, 8.3%

1953, Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, 181 pages
 
  12 votes, 8.3%

1954, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, 182 pages
 
  12 votes, 8.3%

 
  11 votes, 7.6%

1999, Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, 617 pages
 
  7 votes, 4.9%

 
  7 votes, 4.9%

 
  7 votes, 4.9%

 
  7 votes, 4.9%

1984, The Bone People by Keri Hulme, 450 pages
 
  5 votes, 3.5%

 
  3 votes, 2.1%

1926, The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery, 218 pages
 
  2 votes, 1.4%

1937, Christ in Concrete by Pietro Di Donato, 256 pages
 
  1 vote, 0.7%

1957, The Assistant by Bernard Malamud, 246 pages
 
  1 vote, 0.7%

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