Just Wild About Franz Kafka

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 4, 1992| Author: | Copyright information

FRANZ KAFKA's gaunt visage appears everywhere in central Prague. Hanging from souvenir stalls, encased in shop windows that line the city's many narrow lanes, black T-shirts emblazoned with the author's angular face and bordered with the caption "Kafka from Prague" sell for the rather steep, for here, price of 290 korun (about $11). And everywhere are abundant varieties of Kafka postcards. One wonders if sending such mementos home would signify "having a wonderful time here" or, as Kafka himself wrote of his birthplace, "Prague will not let us go. Not one of us. This dear mother has claws."

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