KLAUS WAGENBACH was one of Europe’s leading authorities on Kafka. His renowned publishing house Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, was founded in West Berlin in 1964. Wagenbach was the first German-speaking researcher to access Kafka’s papers in Czechia and Israel.PETER LEWIS has had careers in university teaching and publishing and now works as a freelance translator and author.EWALD OSERS was a Czech translator born in Austria-Hungary.

`A useful addition to any thinking person's library... Wagenbach's volume on Kafka includes reproductions of Kafka's letters, original book covers and a well-drawn map of Prague showing the places mentioned in the text'

• Introduction by Ritchie Robertson // 11. Fame - Too Late for the Author // 112. The Son of a Shopkeeper, Lost in Prague // 153. What does a Boy Learn at an Imperial and Royal Secondary School? // 334. University, Society and Language in the Capital of Bohemia // 525. 'Description of a Struggle': the Insurance Official, his Job, his Plans and his Journeys // 756. The Only Way to Write! // 977. Life or Literature? Kafka's Engagements and The Trial // 1188. The Wound // 1379. A Naked Man among the Clothed // 154Notes // 172Further Reading // 185Index // 187

KLAUS WAGENBACH was one of Europe’s leading authorities on Kafka. His renowned publishing house Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, was founded in West Berlin in 1964. Wagenbach was the first German-speaking researcher to access Kafka’s papers in Czechia and Israel.PETER LEWIS has had careers in university teaching and publishing and now works as a freelance translator and author.EWALD OSERS was a Czech translator born in Austria-Hungary.

`A useful addition to any thinking person's library... Wagenbach's volume on Kafka includes reproductions of Kafka's letters, original book covers and a well-drawn map of Prague showing the places mentioned in the text'

• Introduction by Ritchie Robertson // 11. Fame - Too Late for the Author // 112. The Son of a Shopkeeper, Lost in Prague // 153. What does a Boy Learn at an Imperial and Royal Secondary School? // 334. University, Society and Language in the Capital of Bohemia // 525. 'Description of a Struggle': the Insurance Official, his Job, his Plans and his Journeys // 756. The Only Way to Write! // 977. Life or Literature? Kafka's Engagements and The Trial // 1188. The Wound // 1379. A Naked Man among the Clothed // 154Notes // 172Further Reading // 185Index // 187

KLAUS WAGENBACH was one of Europe’s leading authorities on Kafka. His renowned publishing house Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, was founded in West Berlin in 1964. Wagenbach was the first German-speaking researcher to access Kafka’s papers in Czechia and Israel.PETER LEWIS has had careers in university teaching and publishing and now works as a freelance translator and author.EWALD OSERS was a Czech translator born in Austria-Hungary.

`A useful addition to any thinking person's library... Wagenbach's volume on Kafka includes reproductions of Kafka's letters, original book covers and a well-drawn map of Prague showing the places mentioned in the text'

• Introduction by Ritchie Robertson // 11. Fame - Too Late for the Author // 112. The Son of a Shopkeeper, Lost in Prague // 153. What does a Boy Learn at an Imperial and Royal Secondary School? // 334. University, Society and Language in the Capital of Bohemia // 525. 'Description of a Struggle': the Insurance Official, his Job, his Plans and his Journeys // 756. The Only Way to Write! // 977. Life or Literature? Kafka's Engagements and The Trial // 1188. The Wound // 1379. A Naked Man among the Clothed // 154Notes // 172Further Reading // 185Index // 187