The nightmarish atmosphere of the novels of Franz Kafka (1883-1924), his sharp eye and restless pen made him one of the major writers of the 20th century. Eternal bachelor, he lived an almost uneventful life in the family home, which was transformed at night into the theatre of his literary dreams. His letters, in which his ironic and tender spirit shines through, bear witness to an almost monastic discipline of writing and a desperate humour in the face of man’s destiny.
