| Uniform title | Kafka, die Jahre der Erkenntnis. English |
| Contents |
Prologue: the ants of Prague -- Stepping outside the self -- No literary prize for Kafka -- "Civilian kavka": the work of war -- The marvel of Marienbad -- What do I have in common with Jews? -- Kafka encounters his readers -- The alchemist -- Ottla and Felice -- The country doctor ventures out -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Zurau's ark -- Meditations -- Spanish influenza, Czech revolt, Jewish angst -- The pariah girl -- The unposted letter to Hermann Kafka -- Merano, second class -- Milena -- Living fires -- The big nevertheless -- Escape to the mountains -- Fever and snow: Tatranske Matliary -- The internal and the external clock -- The personal myth: the castle -- Retiree and Hunger artist -- The Palestinian -- Dora -- The edge of Berlin -- Last sorrow -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-664) and index. |
| Genre/form | Biographie 1916-1924. |
| LCCN | 2012042048 |
| ISBN | 9780691147512 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0691147515 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
