1. Franz Kafka - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Short encyclopediastyle article covers his life, theories of literary critics, cinematic adaptations of his works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

Franz Kafka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search "Kafka" redirects here. For other uses, see Kafka (disambiguation) Franz Kafka Photograph of Franz Kafka taken in 1906 Born July 3 Prague Austria-Hungary Died June 3 Kierling near Vienna Austria Occupation insurance officer, factory manager, novelist, short story writer Nationality Jewish Bohemian Austria-Hungary ... Surrealism , precursor to magical realism Influences Arthur Schopenhauer S¸ren Kierkegaard Fyodor Dostoevsky Charles Dickens ... Robert Walser Influenced Vladimir Nabokov Albert Camus Robert Musil Federico Fellini ... Jerome David Salinger Signature Kafka at the age of five. Franz Kafka IPA [ˈfʀanʦ ˈkafka] July 3 June 3 ) was one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class Jewish family based in Prague , then part of Austria-Hungary . His unique body of writing — much of which is incomplete and has been published posthumously — is among the most influential in Western literature His stories, such as The Metamorphosis (1915), and novels, including The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal and bureaucratic world .

2. Franz Kafka Franz Kafka, b. Prague, Bohemia (then belonging to Austria), July 3, 1883, d. June 3, 1924, has come to be one of the most influential writers of this http://www.levity.com/corduroy/kafka.htm

Franz Kafka ...Once more the odious courtesies began, the first handed the knife across K. to the second, who handed it across K. back again to the first. K. now perceived clearly that he was supposed to seize the knife himself, as it traveled from hand to hand above him, and plunge it into his own breast. But he did not do so, he merely turned his head, which was still free to move, and gazed around him. He could not completely rise to the occasion, he could not relieve the officials of all their tasks; the responsibility for this last failure of his lay with him who had not left him the remnant of strength necessary for the deed.... from The Trial Franz Kafka Kafka lived his life in emotional dependence on his parents, whom he both loved and resented. None of his largely unhappy love affairs could wean him from this inner dependence; though he longed to marry, he never did. Sexually, he apparently oscillated between an ascetic aversion to intercourse, which he called "the punishment for being together," and an attraction to prostitutes. Sex in Kafka's writings is frequently connected with dirt or guilt and treated as an attractive abomination. Nevertheless, Kafka led a fairly active social life, including acquaintance with many prominent literary and intellectual figures of his era, such as the writers Franz Werfel and Max Brod. He loved to hike, swim, and row, and during vacations he took carefully planned trips. He wrote primarily at night, the days being preempted by his job.

3. Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was born in Prague, now in the Czech Republic but then part of Austria. His father was Hermann Kafka, an owner of a large dry goods http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kafka.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech-born German-speaking writer whose posthumously published novels express the alienation of 20th century man. Kafka's nightmares of dehumanization, bureaucratic labyrinths, and totalitarian society have much in common with the works of George Orwell ( Nineteen Eighty-Four Animal Farm Jorge Luis Borges has noted, that Zeno's paradox against motion and the arrow and Achilles are the first Kafkaesque characters in literature. Kafka's ill health was also an important biographical factor behind the fear of physical and mental collapse dramatized in such short stories as "Ein Hungerkünstler" (1924) and "Die Verwandlung" (1915, The Metamorphosis). "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect..." (from "The Metamorphosis") Letter to His Father (1919) Kafka admitted: "My writing was all about you; all I did there, after all, was to bemoan what I could not bemoan upon your breast. It was an intentionally long-drawn-out leave-taking from you."

4. FRANZ KAFKA Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883 in in Prague,Bohemia (now the Czech Republic).He was one of the major Jewish writers of the 20th century. http://www.worldtopix.com/franz_kafka.html

Franz Kafka biography-quotes-bibliography Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883 in in Prague,Bohemia (now the Czech Republic).He was one of the major Jewish writers of the 20th century.His father, the Czech-Jewish merchant Hermann had come to Prague in 1881 from the village of Osek (Wossek) in southern Bohemia.Soon, Hermann Kafka married the German-Jewish Julie L¶wy in 1882. Over the years the family lived in middle class comfort at several locations in Prague. All of the Kafka children attended German schools in Prague. Although Franz was fluent in both Czech and German, his later literary works were all in German. Franz Kafka was the eldest of six children.He had two younger brothers, Georg and Heinrich, who died at the ages of fifteen months and six months, before Kafka was six, and three younger sisters, Gabriele (1889–1941), Valerie (1890–1942), and Ottilie (1892–1943).Kafka's three sisters all perished in German concentration camps. Kafka's sisters were sent with their families to the Ł³dź ghetto and died there or in concentration camps.Ottilie is believed to have been sent to the concentration camp at Theresienstadt and then to the death camp at Auschwitz. Kafka's mother helped to manage her husband's business and worked in it as much as 12 hours a day. The children were largely reared by a series of governesses and servants.

5. Franz Kafka - Wikipedia, La Enciclopedia Libre Translate this page Franz Kafka (* Praga, 3 de julio de 1883 –† Kierling, cerca de Klosterneuburg, Austria, 3 de junio de 1924) es uno de los escritores más importantes del http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

Franz Kafka De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre Saltar a navegaci³n bºsqueda Franz Kafka Fotograf­a tomada en Naci³ en: Praga Bohemia Austria-Hungr­a (hoy Repºblica Checa ) el 3 de julio de Muri³ en: Kierling cerca de Viena Austria el 3 de junio de Ocupaci³n Doctor en leyes. Escritor. Nacionalidad Sºbdito del Imperio Austrohºngaro (hoy Repºblica Checa G©nero Narrativo novela ... surrealismo , precursor del realismo m¡gico Influencias: Gustave Flaubert S¸ren Kierkegaard Fi³dor Dostoyevski Charles Dickens ... Friedrich Nietzsche Franz Kafka Praga 3 de julio de –† Kierling, cerca de Klosterneuburg Austria 3 de junio de ) es uno de los escritores m¡s importantes del siglo XX en lengua alemana . Su obra es una de las m¡s influyentes de la literatura universal en el ºltimo siglo, a pesar de no ser muy extensa: fue autor de tres novelas El proceso El castillo y Am©rica ), una novela corta La metamorfosis , y un cierto nºmero de par¡bolas y relatos breves. Adem¡s, dej³ una abundante correspondencia y escritos autobiogr¡ficos, la mayor parte publicados p³stumamente. Gran parte de su obra fue publicada tras su muerte por su amigo y confidente

6. GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Biography Of Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883 in the Jewish ghetto of Prague. He was an outsider from the start. Prague s Jews were doubly outsiders because they http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/authors/about_franz_kafka.html

My Account Home Free Online Study Guides Best Editing Anywhere Getting you the grade since 1999. Study Guides Editing Services ... Help Search: Biography of Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Franz Kafka Kafka's biography reads almost like a critical analysis of his work, for so much of the neurotic tension of his writing finds its clear origin in the events of his life. Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883 in the Jewish ghetto of Prague. He was an outsider from the start. Prague's Jews were doubly outsiders because they spoke German-the official language of the Hapsburg Empire-in a Czech city, yet they were neither Germans nor Czechs. Moreover, as an "assimilated" non-believer, Kafka was an outsider even in the Jewish community. Later in life he would learn Hebrew and dream of going to Palestine, but he never fully accepted Judaism, and though he seemed to remain religious, his beliefs lay clearly outside any charted tradition. Kafka's ambivalent take on authority-his ability to respect it, rebel against it, and blame himself for everything-seems to come mainly from his relationship with his father. Hermann Kafka, a self-made storekeeper, had a gigantic build and a brash character, opposed to Franz's smaller body and milder, highly intellectual, personality. Though he was very energetic and, according to his friends, smooth and charming, Kafka never managed to emerge out of his father's shadow and escape his self-hatred. Later in life he undertook a variety of health regiments and diets in an attempt to boost his physique.

7. Franz Kafka --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on Franz Kafka Germanlanguage writer of visionary fiction, whose posthumously published novelsespecially Der http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9044295/Franz-Kafka

var britAdCategory = "literature"; Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Life Works Additional Reading Editions ... Print this Table of Contents Linked Articles Max Brod Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. Franz Kafka Page 1 of 7 born July 3, 1883, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic] died June 3, 1924, Kierling, near Vienna, Austria Franz Kafka. Archiv fur Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin Der Prozess The Trial ) and Das Schloss The Castle Kafka, Franz... (75 of 2675 words) To read the full article, activate your FREE Trial Commonly Asked Questions About Franz Kafka Close Enable free complete viewings of Britannica premium articles when linked from your website or blog-post. Now readers of your website, blog-post, or any other web content can enjoy full access to this article on Franz Kafka , or any Britannica premium article for free, even those readers without a premium membership. Just copy the HTML code fragment provided below to create the link and then paste it within your web content. For more details about this feature, visit our

8. Existential Primer: Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was the writer I most wanted to emulate as a student. While I cannot read his works in their original forms, the English translations are http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/kafka.shtml

The Existential Primer Forums About Tameri Existentialism ... His Works Franz Kafka Introduction Biography Chronology Commentaries ... Bibliography Related Links Linked to The Primer Please consider making a donation to The Existential Primer Do not use this site as a study guide. The incomplete nature of this Web site might result in misunderstanding the profiled individuals. The pages are sometimes posted unedited or appear in outline form. These documents contain excerpts from the works of others. Read their books Citations are not in MLA or APA format to prevent “borrowing” from this site. Included passages are in the format Work, Author, Page , with full citations at the end of Web pages. Introduction Many professors of literature would prefer that I not group Kafka among the existentialists. After all, here was a man who was not a trained philosopher or disciplined writer. Kafka never indicated that he was expressing a deep philosophical theory in his aphorisms. But, when you consider the time, place, and nature of Kafka — then you see an existentialist. This exploration of Kafka is included among my Web of pages because Jean-Paul Sartre recognized him as an existentialist and Albert Camus considered him an absurdist. If Sartre and Camus consider Kafka a like-minded writer, that’s good enough for me.

9. Franz Kafka - Wikiquote Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a BohemianJewish novelist, and was one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

Franz Kafka From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached. Franz Kafka 3 July 3 June ) was a Bohemian-Jewish novelist, and was one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century. Contents Sourced The Metamorphosis (1915) Aphorisms (1918) The Trial (1920) ... edit Sourced I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? ...we need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. Ich glaube, man sollte ¼berhaupt nur solche B¼cher lesen, die einen beiŸen und stechen. Wenn das Buch, das wir lesen, uns nicht mit einem Faustschlag auf den Sch¤del weckt, wozu lesen wir dann das Buch? Damit es uns gl¼cklich macht, wie Du schreibst? Mein Gott, gl¼cklich w¤ren wir eben auch, wenn wir keine B¼cher h¤tten, und solche B¼cher, die uns gl¼cklich machen, k¶nnten wir zur Not selber schreiben. Wir brauchen aber die B¼cher, die auf uns wirken wie ein Ungl¼ck, das uns sehr schmerzt, wie der Tod eines, den wir lieber hatten als uns, wie wenn wir in W¤lder verstoŸen w¼rden, von allen Menschen weg, wie ein Selbstmord, ein Buch muŸ die Axt sein f¼r das gefrorene Meer in uns. Das glaube ich.

10. Franz Kafka - Wikipedia Translate this page Im August 1917 erlitt Franz Kafka einen nächtlichen Blutsturz, es wurde eine Lungentuberkulose festgestellt, eine Erkrankung, die zur damaligen Zeit nicht http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

Franz Kafka aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklop¤die Wechseln zu: Navigation Suche Dieser Artikel erl¤utert den Schriftsteller Kafka; zu anderen Bedeutungen siehe Kafka (Begriffskl¤rung) Franz Kafka ungef¤hr 1906 Franz Kafka 3. Juli in Prag , damals –sterreich-Ungarn 3. Juni in Kierling bei Klosterneuburg –sterreich ; selten auch tschechisch FrantiÅ¡ek Kafka ) war ein deutschsprachiger Schriftsteller . Sein Hauptwerk bilden neben drei Romanen bzw. Romanfragmenten ( Der Process Das SchloŸ und Der Verschollene ) zahlreiche Erz¤hlungen sowie Briefwechsel mit Felice Bauer und Milena Jesensk¡ Zum gr¶Ÿeren Teil wurden Kafkas Werke erst nach seinem Tod und gegen seinen erkl¤rten Willen von Max Brod , einem Schriftstellerkollegen und engen Freund, ver¶ffentlicht. Sie ¼bten bleibenden Einfluss auf die Weltliteratur des 20. Jahrhunderts aus. Inhaltsverzeichnis Leben Herkunft Kindheit, Jugend und Ausbildung Berufsleben ... Bearbeiten Leben Franz Kafka, etwa f¼nf Jahre alt Franz Kafka als Sch¼ler Kafkas Schwestern: v.l. Elli, Valli, Ottla Bearbeiten Herkunft Franz Kafkas Eltern Hermann Kafka (1852–1931) und Julie Kafka , geborene L¶wy (1856–1934) entstammten j¼dischen Familien. Der Vater kam aus dem Dorf

11. Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was born in Prague, July 3, 1883, the son of Hermann and Julie Kafka. The oldest, he had three surviving younger sisters. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Kafka.html

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was born in Prague, July 3, 1883, the son of Hermann and Julie Kafka. The oldest, he had three surviving younger sisters. Valli, Elli, and Ottla. His father was a self-made middle class Jewish merchant, who raised his children in the hope of assimilating them into the mainstream society of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The official ruling language of the empire was German, so Franz attended German grammar school (Volksschule am Fleischmarkt), and later the German Gymnasium (Altstädter Deutsches Gymnasium). He finished his Doctorate of Law in Prague, studying at the German language University (Die deutsche Universität) there. He initially gained employment at a private insurance firm Assicurazioni Generali and then with the Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt für das Königreichs Böhmen in Prag. Kafka's job at the Worker's Accident Insurance provided him with a steady income and 'regular' office hours, so that he could dedicate his evenings to writing. His diaries contain continuing accounts of his restlessness and sleeplessness, as he would work all night writing, only to return to the office for the next day of work, thoroughly exhausted. Source: Jewish Prague by Tom's Travel

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Franz Kafka Birth Name: Franz Kafka Birthdate: Today's Biorhythm Today's Runes Today's I Ching Today's Stichomancy ... Search Google Tarot Card (Equivalent of "7/3/1883") The High Priestess : A pure, exalted and gracious influence. Education, knowledge, wisdom, and esoteric teachings. The forces of nature. Intuition, foresight, and spiritual revelation of the most mysterious and arcane sort. Rune (Equivalent of "Franz Kafka") Ken is the rune of light and knowledge, driving away darkness and ignorance and revealing hidden truth. This rune also brings forth images of friendship and comfort. Ken is the light of inspiration, the light of imagination, and a beacon in the darkest hours. Birth Mates (Equivalents of "7/3/1883") Audrey Hepburn Bob Fosse Cameron Diaz Celine Dion ... Toni Braxton Public Role (Equivalents of "Franz Kafka") Words that embody your presence are "Ancestor, Grotto, Halloween, Martyr, Mustang, Neptune, Unholy, Virtue". Words that embody the people or things that you interact with are "Blues, Dragon, Finger, Island, Joker, Rook, Scream, Shackle, Slave, Tiger". Words that embody people or things in your periphery are "Civilization, Entertainment, Illumination".

13. 'a Hunger Artist' - Franz Kafka franz kafka biography and photo album the kafka page my homepage. A Hunger Artist. During these last decades the interest in professional fasting has http://www.lundwood.u-net.com/ahunga.htm

franz kafka biography and photo album the kafka page my homepage A Hunger Artist “Well, clear this out now!” said the overseer, and they buried the hunger artist, straw and all. Into the cage they put a young panther. Even the most insensitive felt it refreshing to see this wild creature leaping around the cage that had so long been dreary. The panther was all right. The food he liked was brought to him without hesitation by the attendants; he seemed not even to miss his freedom; his noble body, furnished almost to the bursting point with all that it needed, seemed to carry freedom around with it too; somewhere in his jaws it seemed to lurk; and the joy of life streamed with such ardent passion from his throat that for the onlookers it was not easy to stand the shock of it. But they braced themselves, crowded around the cage, and did not ever want to move away. reznor@lundwood.u-net.com

14. Franz Kafka Franz Kafka. Man cannot live without a permanent trust in something indestructible in himself, and at the same time that indestructible something and his http://www.endeneu.com/kafka/

"Man cannot live without a permanent trust in something indestructible in himself, and at the same time that indestructible something and his trust in it may remain permanently concealed from him." -The Diaries of Kafka Texts currently available: Absent-minded Window-gazing Before the Law (Selections from)The Blue Octavo Notebooks The Departure ... mail me

15. Franz Kafka - Wikipedija, Prosta Enciklopedija Franz Kafka ( eško František Kafka), eškoavstrijski pravnik in pisatelj judovskega rodu, * 3. julij 1883, Praga, Avstroogrska, † 3. junij 1924, http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka

Franz Kafka Iz Wikipedije, proste enciklopedije (Preusmerjeno z Kafka Skoči na: navigacija iskanje Franz Kafka, fotografija iz leta 1906 Franz Kafka čeÅ¡ko FrantiÅ¡ek Kafka čeÅ¡ko avstrijski pravnik in pisatelj judovskega rodu, * 3. julij Praga Avstroogrska 3. junij ... Kierling pri Dunaju Kafka je eden najpomembnejÅ¡ih pisateljev in pripovednikov v nemÅ¡ki književnosti 20. stoletja . Veliko njegovih del je ostalo nedokončanih, objavljena pa so bila posmrtno, navkljub njegovi želji, da bi bila uničena (to obljubo je prekrÅ¡il njegov prijatelj Max Brod Vsebina Bibliografija Kratke zgodbe Novele Romani ... uredi Bibliografija uredi Kratke zgodbe Opis boja (Beschreibung eines Kampfes, 1904-1905) Poročne priprave na vasi (Hochzeitsvorbereitungen auf dem Lande, 1907-1908) Sodba (Das Urteil - september 1912) V kazenski koloniji (In der Strafkolonie, oktober 1914) VaÅ¡ki ravnatelj (Der Dorfschullehrer or Der Riesenmaulwurf, 1914-1915) Blumfeld, starejÅ¡i samec (Blumfeld, ein ¤lterer Junggeselle, 1915) Čuvaj grobnice (Der Gruftw¤chter, 1916-1917), edina gledaliÅ¡ka igra, ki jo je Kafka napisal Lovec Gracchus (Der J¤ger Gracchus, 1917)

16. Literary Encyclopedia Franz Kafka Franz Kafka’s enigmatic and frequently ominous narratives continue to exercise a fascination over readers far removed historically and geographically from http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2429

17. The Kafka Project Analisi di congiura e processo in Der Prozess di franz kafka» (in Italian) ;; An essay by Rita Peris «The Unknowable Meditations on the Law» ;; A short http://www.kafka.org/

Home Home Translations Biography The Project ... A Last Quote The Kafka Project The Kafka Project «Two men were standing behind the grave and were holding a tombstone between them in the air; scarcely had K. arrived when they thrust the stone into the earth and it stood as if cemented there» («A Dream»). Archive of Quotes Most of the stuff is available through the navigation bar on your left. Please note that you can get a printer-friendly version like this at any time by clicking on the print command at the page bottom. The Project page introduces you to the corpus of all Kafka works in German, according to the original manuscripts. Some texts have into English and other languages. A biographical sketch and a commented list of all works are available for a quick consultation. Through the manuscript page you can experience the concreteness of Kafka's writing in a chapter of The Trial . With the general bibliography (under construction) you enter the commentary part of the site; new articles and essays are announced in the home page, and collected in a dedicated part of the site. Newly published books about Kafka are presented in a separate section. Our huge

18. Franz Kafka Biography franz kafka Biography kafka s sisters killed in Nazi concentration camps. franz kafka Prague life story photos pictures books. http://www.kafka-franz.com/kafka-Biography.htm

Franz Kafka Biography C ontact us FRANZ KAFKA BIOGRAPHY (1883-1924) Jewish Czech-born Writer Franz Kafka is considered to be one of the most important and influential writers of the 20th century. His work, most of which was published posthumously, continues to be a source of research, scholarship and philosophical discussion in diverse academic, literary and popular arenas. " A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to Die" Diaries of Franz Kafka Education, or "German literature—may it roast in hell." Kafka letter, 1902 The Metamorphosis the full story Franz Kafka and Jewish mysticism Kabbala The Holocaust photographs Galleries ... Franz Kafka and Judaism "How could a photograph convey with such complete certainty the secret feelings of the person shown in it ?" "To die would mean nothing else than to surrender a nothing to the nothing, but that would be impossible to conceive, for how could a person, even only as a nothing, consciously surrender himself to the nothing, and not merely to an empty nothing but rather to a roaring nothing whose nothingness consists only in its incomprehensibility."

19. Constructing Franz Kafka A vintage site dedicated to the writings of franz kafka, member of the Germanspeaking minority in the Czech city Prague, and author of world famous http://www.pitt.edu/~kafka/intro.html

Constructing Franz Kafka Thank you for stopping by at our Franz Kafka site. This site is a project started by participants of the spring 1996 Franz-Kafka graduate seminar taught by Dr. Clark Muenzer at the German department of the University of Pittsburgh We haven't had the time to apply a lot of changes lately, neither have we answered a lot of the email we've received. I hope that this will change soon - let's say my March 1998 there should be new material on this site... We offer: Kafka's Biography (we are soliciting writers for a more personalized account beyond the basic dates and facts!) Kafka's own library A Bibliography of Franz Kafka's Own Works Teaching Kafka (Lack of enthusiasm of Kafka teachers has caused this section to remain quite small. If you want to help us to change that, please go ahead!) Kafka on the Web (hyperlinks) Texts available on the web (links and hyperlinks) if your browser doesn't support frames, go to the old document Papers, Reports, Trivia, and Curiosa around Franz Kafka (links and hyperlinks) (05 May 1997) Sources used in creation of the site.

20. Leni's Franz Kafka Page Biography, photographs, commentary, electronic texts, and information on adaptations in other media. http://victorian.fortunecity.com/vermeer/287/

web hosting domain names photo sharing Leni's Franz Kafka Page         Call me Leni. I'll be your mistr-, er, hostess.  Let's make ourselves a little more comfortable and I'll tell you about my dear friend Franz.         Welcome, one and all. You might be wondering, "Why'd you pick that slut Leni to host your page?" Well, yes, she is a little cock-crazy, but there's more to her than that. To start with, I like her raw carnality, as brought into Joseph K.'s cold, unfeeling, sterile world.  [Footsteps in background. Angry male voice.]  "You stupid whore!  I thought this was going to be the tryouts for Leni Does Prague !  Not this book stuff!  What a ripoff!"  [Door slamming.]  Before we were so rudely interrupted, I'd just like to say. . .         Well, what can you say about a man who lived at home until he was 40 (more or less), despite difficult relations with his father, had a crappy job, tried to pass himself off as a slacker (claiming he did nothing but sit around and accomplished next to nothing, cf. the Letter to his Father ), was teminally depressed, believed he was an utter failure (according to his father's standards), and proved to be one of the greatest writers of the 20th century (even if against his own wishes)?

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