Franz Kafka

“A book must be the axe for the

frozen sea within us.”
Franz Kafka, (born July 3,
1883, Prague, Bohemia, Au
stria-Hungary [now in
Czech Republic]—died
June 3, 1924, Kierling,
near Vienna, Austria)
Kafka’s Life
 Kafka with friend Max Brod

The house where Franz lived

Kafka’s childhood photo
Works and Ideology Behind
Them
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Franz Kafka’s parents
– You asked me recently why I maintain that I'm so afraid
of you. As usual I was unable to think of any answer to
your question partly for the very reason that I am afraid
of you and partly because an explanation of the grounds
for this fear would mean going into far more details than
I could ever keep in mind while talking. What I would
have needed was a little encouragement, a little
friendliness but I wasn't fit for that. What was always
incomprehensible to me was your total lack of feeling for
the suffering and shame you could inflict on me with
your words and judgments. It was as though you had no
notion of your power. - “Brief an der Vater”, Franz Kafka