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Kafka's Last Love
The Mystery of Dora Diamant
by Kathi Diamant
ISBN: 0436209950
ISBN-13: 9780436209956
Format: Book
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Summary
Kathi Diamant is no relation to the subject of her study, but she tackled the subject of Kafka's relationship with Dora Diamant because it has, she feels, been slighted by other biographers. As Kafka wasted away with tuberculosis, Dora-an actress, ex-Hasidic, and Zionist activist-helped him endure his sufferings and even have hope for a brighter future.
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"A welcome, well-written addition to Kafka studies, valuable in its portrayal of the writer as a human being, not a monument."
-- Kirkus
"[The author] illuminates a little-known and crucial time in Kafka's life. Her book is deeply moving and will be of particular interest to students of Yiddishist groups in Berlin, London and Austria." -- Brenda Maddox
-- Literary Review
"...Kathi Diamant has succeeded in uncovering in great detail the fascinating personal history of a life played out against the backdrop of the extremes of twentieth-century European history, and in drawing Dora out form Kafka's shadow...to reveal a woman who would not be deterred by convention, ideology, or fate." -- Carol Tully
-- Times Literary Supplement
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Published date: 2003
Pages: 402
Publisher's Notes
Based on original sources and interviews, including material from the Comintern and Gestapo archives and Dora's notebook, diary, and letters, this book illuminates the life of the literary "wife" of Franz Kafka, who like Vera Nabokov and Nora Joyce, was a remarkable woman in her own right.
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Kafka's Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant
Kathi Diamant
Secker & Warburg. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Kafka's Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant
Diamant Kathi
London: Secker & Warburg, 2003. A near fine plus book with slightly creased spine ends and two tiny barely perceptible knocks to the bottom edge of the back board. The dust jacket is very near fine with a slight crease at the foot of the spine. First edition, first printing. This is a brand new book and unread. . First Edition. Hardcover. /Dust Jacket Included. ( more information) Offered by Mistletoe Books (United Kingdom)
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Kathi Diamant
Secker & Warburg. Used - Very Good. Hardcover. . Slight shelf wear; Otherwise, Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Powell's Bookstores Chicago (United States)
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Diamant, Kathi
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Diamant, Kathi
London, England: Secker and Warburg, 2003. First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. "Franz Kafka's story is well known, Dora Diamant's is not. She was, as the title states, his last love, and the author (no relation), director of the Kafka Project at San Diego State University, has assiduously tracked the traces of her subjects through personal recollections, private papers and newly opened archives in the former Soviet bloc."--Publishers Weekly. 16 pages of b&w photos. ISBN: 0-436-20995-0. ( more information) Offered by Muses Books (United States)
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Diamant, Kathi
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