May 9, 2003
'Kafka's Travels: Exoticism, Colonialism, and the Traffic of Writing'
Franz Kafka was a man known for staying put. "To keep madness at bay," he once mused, the writer "must never go far from his desk, he must hold onto it with his teeth." For Kafka, that grip was in Prague. The city of his birth was his home until the last year of his life. His trips elsewhere in Europe, though important, were limited.
But the author, says John Zilcosky, was an avid textual voyager, one who traveled in his reading and writing "despite (or because of) his personal
This is an article for subscribers only. You may access this article by purchasing a:
Digital or Print Subscription
Web Pass
Already have an account? Log In Now.
-
The Chronicle Review
-
Administration
-
Short Subjects
