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Original Title:	Brief an den Vater
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I have felt very uncomfortable reading this letter. And the thought that I--together with a very large number of people-- have read something which was not intended for us, as well as the knowledge that the original addressee never read it, contributed further to my uneasiness. Franz Kafka wrote this letter to his father Hermann in 1919, when he was about thirty-six years old. His father's opposition to his planned marriage to Julie Wohryzeck (this was Franz’s second attempt at marriage; previously he had approached Felice Bauer) may have prompted Kafka to write such an epistle. The letter is about one hundred pages long, was partly typed and partly handwritten. His mother intercepted the letter and never gave it to her husband. It was first published in 1952. Kafka had a textual mind and a tormented personality. And his highly analytical thinking communicated better through letters. He wrote many. I read years ago his Letters to Milena: Expanded and Revised, in a New Translation which left in me a strong impression. Those letters were not intended for me either. But the fact that Milena Jesenska had read them and replied to them confers to this correspondence a quality of communion that is entirely missing from the paternal letter. Kafka actually gave it to Milena later, in 1920, after the mother had returned it. Hermann Kafka Rather than a communion there is an open accusation to the father; the bitter repproach is mixed with an afflicted confession. It enacts the confrontation of two opposite personalities. The father, Hermann, originally from the petite bourgeoisie, had risen up in society thanks to his determination and strength of character. He is portrayed as tyrannical, proud, competitive, unsophisticated and rough. In contrast Kafka characterizes himself as a profoundly insecure, weak, timorous and also capable of malice and rancour. In this distressing read I could not help thinking that this representation was not entirely convincing, or that I just could not empathize with it. I found a similar degree of self-centeredness in Franz, as deployed in his very legalistic text (he had studied law after all), as supposedly there had been in Hermann. For example, Franz censures his father for loading too much of his attention on him after his two brothers had died young. What about the sorrow for the loss that the father must have felt? I made a list of similar instances. I did feel for him, however, witnessing how much he agonized over his own self and particularly when he referred to his increasing physical weakness and to the first signs of blood in his lungs. TB carried him not long afterwards, in 1924, in his early forties. This letter however, precisely for its confessional aspect and for the sophisticated language, is a necessary read for anyone interested in Kafka’s works. Themes of irrational authority, alienation of the individual, obsessive fears, disorienting perceptions, inability to control one’s life, debilitating restrictions, etc, have their seeds in this letter. All these “Kafkaesque” elements were certainly in Franz’s mind. We do not know if their source was Hermann. And as Franz recognized little of the Kafka traits in himself, the term “Kafkaesque” may not be the most appropriate to refer to his idiosyncrasies.

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Title	:	Letter to His Father
Author	:	Franz Kafka
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Bilingual Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 127 pages
Published	:	January 1st 1987 by Schocken (first published 1952)
Categories	:	Classics. Nonfiction. Biography. European Literature. German Literature

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Letter to His FatherKafka's remarkable letter to his abusive and narcissistic father. In-depth review here

I have felt very uncomfortable reading this letter. And the thought that I--together with a very large number of people-- have read something which was not intended for us, as well as the knowledge that the original addressee never read it, contributed further to my uneasiness.Franz Kafka wrote this letter to his father Hermann in 1919, when he was about thirty-six years old. His father's opposition to his planned marriage to Julie Wohryzeck (this was Franzs second attempt at marriage;

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Η επιστολή αυτή αποτελεί όχι μονο το κλειδί για να κατανοήσουμε ή έστω να προσεγγίσουμε τον κόσμο του Κάφκα (λογοτεχνικό και πραγματικό) αλλα και τρανή απόδειξη ότι η σχέση με τον πατέρα του ήταν ευχή και κατάρα. Όξυνε την ικανότητα του να παρατηρεί, να αναλύει, να λεπτολογεί, να είναι ακριβής καθοδηγούμενος από μια εσωτερική ανάγκη για να δεί τα πράγματα στο σωστό τους μέγεθος. Όλα αυτά τα χαρακτηριστικά αποτελούν τον λογοτεχνικό Κάφκα που παραμένει αδιαχώριστος από τον πραγματικό (ίσως και

احتمالا" همه کسانی که خرده حسابی با پدرشان دارند دراین کتاب وجهی اززندگی خویش رامی یابند.منهم در عنفوان جوانی خواندم وبه دلم بسیارنشست . البته رشته های مهروالفت میان من وپدر بیشتراز خرده حسابها بود که اگرهم بود جراتی نبود .امروز نقدی برفیلم به سوی ستارگان خواندم که ازاین کتاب هم مبسوط استفاده شده بود ..بقول ما آذریها ازآن شعر شعرکربلا یادم افتاد.

ömrünü baba korkusuyla geçirmiş olan Franz Kafkayı ve buna bağlı olarak ruhsal ve bedensel çöküşünü anlatan bu otobiografi sayesinde tanıyacak ve anlayacaksınız.

Having read the Judgment just yesterday and while the story is still fresh in my memory, I could not help but notice the similarities between Georg and Franz. They both feared of getting married, had a terrible relationship with their father, feared their father, had a judgemental and unsupportive father...and last but not least the fancy blouse and the skirt...Yes obviously Kafka's works are confessional and kind of autobiographical even in the metamorphosis Gregor Samsa and Franz have