Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (July
3, 1883 – June 3, 1924) was an author best known for his works The
Metamorphosis, The Trial, The Castle, and In the Penal Colony. He was
born the eldest of six into a German-speaking Jewish family in the
retail business in Prague, then the capitol of Bohemia in the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, later Czechoslovakia. He wrote in German in a
culture that was dominantly Czech. He had a difficult relationship with
his father, who was self-centered and overbearing, and as his mother
worked in the family business he was raised with his sisters by
governesses. He was educated as a lawyer and worked for an insurance
company while writing in his spare time. |
A Hunger Artist
In the 19th and early 20th century there was a category of performers known as hunger a..
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In the Penal Colony
“In the Penal Colony” centers on the use of an unusual instrument of punishment invented ..
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The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis tells the tale of a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who one day wakes up t..
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