Kafka's Son
  • Published:
    Feb-2016
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    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Literary
  • Pages:
    416
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Set in New York City and Prague in 1992, Kafka's Son follows a first-person narrator who is a documentary filmmaker. In a New York synagogue, he meets an elderly Czech Jew named Jiri, once the head of the famous Jewish Museum in Prague, with whom he discovers a shared love of Kafka. Inspired by this friendship, the narrator travels to Prague to make a film about Jewish life in the city and its Kafka connections. In his search for answers, he crosses paths with the beadle of the famous 900-year-old Altneushul synagogue, the rumored home to a legendary golem hidden away in a secret atticwhich may or may not exist; a mysterious man who may or may not be Kafka's sonand who may or may not exist; Mr. Klein, who although several years younger than Jiri may or may not be his father; and an enigmatic young woman in a blue beretwho is almost certainly real. Maybe. As Prague itself becomes as perplexing and unpredictable as its transient inhabitants, Curt Leviant unfolds a labyrinthine tale that is both detective novel and love story, captivating maze and realistic fantasy, and a one hundred percent stunning tribute to Kafka and his city.
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    • First Edition
    • Feb-2016
    • Dzanc Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1938103386
    • ISBN13: 9781938103384
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    • Jan-2016
    • Dzanc Books
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1938604938
    • ISBN13: 9781938604935
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    • Jan-2016
    • Dzanc Books
    • eBook (Kindle)



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