Published in 1913, “The Judgment” is a short story written by Franz Kafka. Among Kafka’s critics, it is often viewed as his “breakthrough” work, in which his unique literary style is fully revealed for the first time.[1] In the story, the titular judgment, which is pronounced over the main character, Georg Bendemann, by his father,… Continue Reading The Judgment
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Franz Kafka
Biography by Pericles Lewis The works of Franz Kafka (1883-1924) seek to pare language and experience down to the elemental. Kafka, a Czech Jew who wrote in German, worked for an insurance company (as did Wallace Stevens on the other side of the Atlantic, but it seems to have done Stevens less harm). He died… Continue Reading Franz Kafka