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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Arcade Publishing; 1st Arcade pbk. ed edition (November 3, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1559703903
ISBN-13: 978-1559703901
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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Historically interesting, July 1, 2002

By	m-starr (Washington D.C. area) - See all my reviews

This is a biography of Milena Jesensk�, a Czech journalist who was, in a way, a great love of Kafka's. She was an unusual woman for her time. Highly intelligent and with a rebellious streak, she fashioned herself into a journalist and became well-regarded for her literary and political writing. In her 20s she came to know Kafka when she translated his work into Czech. This gave rise to an impassioned correspondence between them, although the connection didn't turn into a real-life love affair, partly because Milena was married, and partly because of Kafka's numerous anxieties and aversions in the male/female domain. Unfortunately, those interested in insights into Kafka will not get many from this book, as he comes and goes quite quickly in the narrative. Rather, the book is a loving tribute to Milena by Margarete Buber-Neumann, with whom she was imprisoned at the women's concentration camp at Ravensbr�ck. The two had planned to write a book together when they were freed, but Milena died of kidney failure in May 1944, so Margarete chose instead to tell her friend's story.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

when it first came out.., March 9, 2006

By	Afshin Rattansi (London, England) - See all my reviews

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