The Diaries of Franz Kafka (The Schocken Kafka Library)

By: Franz Kafka

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Synopsis: An essential new translation of the author&’s complete, uncensored diaries—a revelation of the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century&’s most influential writers. "This new and scrupulously faithful translation of the Diaries brings us...the true inner life of the twentieth century&’s most complex and enigmatic literary prophet." —Cynthia Ozick, author of AntiquitiesDating from 1909 to 1923, the handwritten diaries contain various kinds of writing: accounts of daily events, reflections, observations, literary sketches, drafts of letters, accounts of dreams, as well as finished stories. This volume makes available for the first time in English a comprehensive reconstruction of the diary entries and provides substantial new content, including details, names, literary works, and passages of a sexual nature that were omitted from previous publications. By faithfully reproducing the diaries&’ distinctive—and often surprisingly unpolished—writing in Kafka&’s notebooks, translator Ross Benjamin brings to light not only the author&’s use of the diaries for literary experimentation and private self-expression, but also their value as a work of art in themselves.