This opulent illustrated biography documents Franz Kafka’s life and times through 1550 historical images, primarily in colour, plus quotations from the author’s letters and diaries, discussed over a thousand pages. It goes beyond the atmosphere of his home in Prague to take in his travels and holidays as well.

Hartmut Binder is the author of many works on Kafka and Prague-German literature, which have helped shape our understanding of the author. This edition represents Binder’s fifty years of research and cutting-edge scholarship.