Prochnik, George.
Summary: Documents the tragic story of intellectual, humanitarian and best-selling author Stefan Zweig to trace his rapid downfall after the rise of the Nazi party and the years of exile in various world regions that culminated in his 1942 suicide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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Summary: "How did Kafka become Kafka? This eagerly anticipated third and final volume of Reiner Stach's definitive biography answers that question with more facts, detail, and insight than ever before, describing the complex personal, political, and cultural circumstances that shaped the young Franz Kafka (1883-1924). It tells the story of the years from his birth in Prague to the beginning of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAFKA, FRANZ STAStach, Reiner.
Summary: This volume of Reiner Stach's acclaimed and definitive biography of Franz Kafka tells the story of the final years of the writer's life, from 1916 to 1924--a period during which the world Kafka had known came to an end. Stach's riveting narrative, which reflects the latest findings about Kafka's life and works, draws readers in with a nearly cinematic power, zooming in for extreme close-ups of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 833.912 STACanetti, Elias
Contents: The Tongue set free -- The Torch in my ear -- The Play of the eyes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2000