Franz Kafka, Author, read by Alan Scarfe, Jack Wetherall. CBC Audio $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-660-19550-6 Relatively unknown as a writer during his short lifetime, Kafka (1883–1924) became a major ...

Social media is turning the enigmatic Jewish writer into a shallow meme, writes the author of a new novel based on his work. The writer Franz Kafka died 100 years ago on June 3, 1924, one month ...

His best friend, Max Brod ... reading Kafka's novel "The Metamorphosis" that inspired him to write his own books. Kafka's particular sensibility also lives on through the adjective "Kafkaesque ...

Best-known for the 1915 novella ... according to the release. Both these books were published posthumously, in 1924 and 1926, respectively – despite Kafka requesting that his unpublished ...