New Book Shelf ｜ "Kafka Biography: Early": Why does Kafka become Kafka?

Cover news reporter Wang Hui

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Franz Kafka, a German German novelist in Austria in the 20th century, a well -known European expressionist writer, is known as the master and explorer of modern western literature. In the course of 41 years of life, he left classic works such as "Castle", "Litigation", and "Transformers" to future generations. The sense of strangeness, loneliness, and fear of society is the eternal theme of its creation. This unique method makes each writing genre in the 20th century recognize it as a pioneer.

In 2022, it was the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Bragie Jewish, the civil servant of the insurance bureau, and the writer, and the writer "Castle". Essence

This set of biography leads the reader into Kafka's life and cracks his mystery. This is the most informative and most vast set of Kafka biography so far. At present, it has been translated into English, Spanish and other countries. Prize.

The Biography of Kafka in this set of biography was published in June. The author consulted many postcardment information such as letters, diaries, notes, etc., and reproduced the "Description of a Struggle", "Village Wedding Preparation", "Preparation for Rural Wedding", " Observation "Literary experiments, the reason why Kafka has become Kafka: language talent, educational experience, sexual psychology, new technology, circle of friends, etc.

Kafka's father was a businessman who was in vain. He had a good style and was simple and rude to his son. It made Kafka feel the pressure from his father since he was a child, and lived in his father's shadow throughout his life.

"To the Father's Letter" is Kafka's most important autobiography in the early years. Among them, Kafka attributed his fear, guilt and bad livelihood to his father's influence. In the book "Kafka: Earlier", the author tried to interpret the long letter of more than 100 pages to show the three major mothers of power, fear, and loneliness.

In addition, "Kafka Biography: Early years" also shows how the writer's friendship with the literary "Bole" Broord has influenced the friendship that affects the history of modern literature.

Broord was a close friend and editor of Kafka, and later became the custodian of the Kafka literary heritage. In his short life, Kafka wrote many short -term short stories and three unfinished novels "The United States", "Litigation" and "Castle", as well as a large number of letters, diaries, essays, proverbs, etc., but he treats himself to himself Most of the works are not very satisfied, and only a very small part was published during his lifetime. In his will, he asked Brord to destroy all his unpublished manuscripts, but Brord did not listen to him, but spent a lot of energy to organize Kafka's works and publish. Unfortunately Kafka's girlfriend burned according to his wishes.

Kafka later became a civil servant of the Insurance Bureau. Most of his jobs were boring routine business, but this statistical, with the help of the data table and reality, there will also be a ridiculous side. Kafka got from it. Literature revelation. The absurd distribution file scenario in its novel "Castle" comes from the daily experience of mechanized mechanization in the institution, such as processing thousands of documents every day.

After the death of the Habsburg dynasty, although the rigorous social level, outdated etiquette, and bloody history are still part of the ancient city of Prague, a new Prague has gradually surfaced, and a large -scale society and technology began. And the great change of ideology. The rapid development of industrialization, the explosive expansion of the suburbs, a German city is transforming to a diverse Czech city. This city and the age of the century also shaped Kafka.

In addition, "Kafka Biography: Early" also analyzes the writer's Jewish identity. How he advocates "conforming to natural therapy" to improve his health, the maturity of the writer's sexual psychology, and the experience of new technologies and new media, etc. And finally answered the question of "how Kafka became Kafka".

Irish writer Corm Tobin commented on the book, the author of the book, "Schtach read works and life with extreme carefulness and sympathy. He understands the era of Kafka's life, and corresponds to it Smart wisdom, a keen inspection of the impulse and desire hidden behind the work. "

"It is a novel in itself."

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