Klappentext
This eagerly anticipated third and final volume of Reiner Stach's definitive biography of the writer answers that question with more facts and insight than ever before, describing the complex personal, political, and cultural circumstances that shaped the young Franz Kafka (1883-1924). It tells the story of the years from his birth in Prague to the beginning of his professional and literary career in 1910, taking the reader up to just before the breakthrough that resulted in his first masterpieces, including "The Metamorphosis." Brimming with vivid and often startling details, Stach's narrative invites readers deep inside this neglected period of Kafka's life. The book's richly atmospheric portrait of his German Jewish merchant family and his education, psychological development, and sexual maturation draws on numerous sources, some still unpublished, including family letters, schoolmates' memoirs, and early diaries of his close friend Max Brod.
Biografie (Reiner Stach)
Reiner Stach, geboren 1951 in Rochlitz (Sachsen), studierte Philosophie, Literaturwissenschaft und Mathematik. Für mehrere große Verlage arbeitete er als Wissenschaftslektor und als Herausgeber von Sachbüchern.§1987 erschien seine Monographie 'Kafkas erotischer Mythos' im Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. In verschiedenen Zeitschriften veröffentlichte Stach grundlegende Essays zu Franz Kafka, unter anderem in der 'Neuen Rundschau' (Berlin) und in der 'Revista de libros' (Madrid).§1999 gestaltete Stach die Ausstellung 'Kafkas Braut', in der er den Nachlass Felice Bauers präsentierte, den er in den USA entdeckt hatte. Die Ausstellung wurde unter anderem in Frankfurt, Wien und Prag gezeigt.
