Franz Kafka: Der ewige Sohn. Eine Biographie.(A Franz Kafka Encyclopedia)(Book review) From: The Modern Language Review | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: Preece, Julian | COPYRIGHT 2007 Modern Humanities Research Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Franz Kafka: Der ewige Sohn. Eine Biographie. By PETER-ANDRE ALT. Munich: Beck. 2005. 762 pp. 34.90 [euro]. ISBN 978-3-406-53441-6.

A Franz Kafka Encyclopedia. By RICHARD T. GRAY, RUTH V. GROSS, ROLF J. GOEBEL, and CLAYTON KOELB. Westport, CT, and London: Greenwood Press. 2005. xlvi+344 pp. 71 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 978-0-313-30375-3.

Every biographer of a literary author faces the problem of how to deal with the literary works. If he leaves them to one side t...

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