{"product_id":"life-after-kafka-9781954276291","title":"Life After Kafka","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA novel of Felice Bauer, Franz Kafka's first fiancée, and the story behind\u003c\/i\u003e Letters to Felice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranz Kafka scholars know Felice Bauer, his onetime fiancée, through his \u003ci\u003eLetters to Felice\u003c\/i\u003e, as little more than a woman with a raucous laugh and a taste for bourgeois comforts. \u003ci\u003eLife After Kafka\u003c\/i\u003e is her story. The novel begins in 1935 as Felice flees with her children from Hitler's Berlin, following her family and members of Kafka's entourage--including Grete Bloch, Max Brod, and Salman Schocken--as they try to escape the horrors of the Holocaust. Years later, a man claiming to be Kafka's son approaches Felice's son in Manhattan and the drama surrounding Kafka's letters to Felice begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile taking the measure of literary fame's long shadow, \u003ci\u003eLife After Kafka\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the magic and poison of memories, and what we cling to when all else is lost. Most of all, it illuminates the bravery required to move forward through the shattered remains of one world to rebuild life in a new one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954276291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Magdal?na Platzov?","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44431979872437,"sku":"9781954276291","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_72cb19de-5df3-4781-94d9-c37fab77f0f4.jpg?v=1721139190","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/life-after-kafka-9781954276291","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}