Kafka's Other Trial av Elias Canetti

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<p>In July 1914, Franz Kafka''s fianc¿Felice broke off their engagement in a humiliating public tribunal, surrounded by her friends and family, and the other woman with whom Kafka had recently fallen in love. Broken and bereft, Kafka - at the height of his writing powers - turned the experience into his masterpiece, <i>The Trial</i>, where his lovers became the faceless prosecutors of Josef K. In <i>Kafka''s Other Trial</i>, Canetti explores each letter that Kafka wrote to his fianc¿ from their first tender moments together to his final letter and his refusal to reconcile. <br><br>In this affecting book, he offers moving insights into the creativity of Franz Kafka and the torment he suffered as a man, a lover, and a writer.</p>