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Kafka's Son

Kafka's Son

Leviant, Curt

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General FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $15.95

ISBN10: 1938103386
ISBN13: 9781938103384
Publisher: Dzanc Books
Published: Feb 9 2016
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.50 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Set in New York City and Prague in 1992, Kafka's Son follows a first-person narrator who is a documentary filmmaker. In a New York synagogue, he meets an elderly Czech Jew named Jiri, once the head of the famous Jewish Museum in Prague, with whom he discovers a shared love of Kafka. Inspired by this friendship, the narrator travels to Prague to make a film about Jewish life in the city and its Kafka connections.

In his search for answers, he crosses paths with the beadle of the famous 900-year-old Altneushul synagogue, the rumored home to a legendary golem hidden away in a secret attic--which may or may not exist; a mysterious man who may or may not be Kafka's son--and who may or may not exist; Mr. Klein, who although several years younger than Jiri may or may not be his father; and an enigmatic young woman in a blue beret--who is almost certainly real.

Maybe.

As Prague itself becomes as perplexing and unpredictable as its transient inhabitants, Curt Leviant unfolds a labyrinthine tale that is both detective novel and love story, captivating maze and realistic fantasy, and a one hundred percent stunning tribute to Kafka and his city.

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