Franz Kafka. Prisoner of the Absolute

Max Brod, the biographer and friend of Franz Kafka, vividly and comprehensively recreated the difficult life path of the author of the world-renowned "The Castle," "The Trial," and "America." The complexes of a nervous child who envied his father, the tormenting thoughts about the fate of his compatriots at the crossroads of Jewish, German, and Slavic cultures of the once-powerful imperial Austria, the details of the private life of the literary genius, portraits of idols and adversaries, the connection between the reflections of the literary genius and Freud's theories — these and many other details of Franz Kafka's life and work are reflected in the multifaceted work of Max Brod.