Dec 24, 2009

A Hunger Artist | Critical Overview

Kafka’s Lifetime
Though not widely recognized during his lifetime, Kafka was well-respected within his small literary, intellectual circle in Prague, the members of whom were aware of his considerable talents. Kafka published his first prose pieces at the age of 25 in Hyperion, a journal edited by his close friend Max Brod. Throughout his brief life, he continued to publish in journals, as well as several small volumes of his stories.

Posthumous Publications
Kafka was one of those classic literary figures who lived and wrote in relative obscurity, only...