Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue: The Ants of Prague 1
4. Chapter one. Stepping Outside the Self 8
5. Chapter two: No Literary Prize for Kafka 31
6. Chapter three “Civilian Kavka”: The Work of War 46
7. Chapter four. The Marvel of Marienbad 83
8. Chapter five. What Do I Have in Common with Jews? 105
9. Chapter six. Kafka Encounters His Readers 129
10. Chapter seven. The Alchemist 141
11. Chapter eight. Ottla and Felice 157
12. Chapter nine. The Country Doctor Ventures Out 170
13. Chapter ten. Mycobacterium tuberculosis 186
14. Chapter eleven. Zürau’s Ark 201
15. Chapter twelve. Meditations 222
16. Chapter thirteen. Spanish Influenza, Czech Revolt, Jewish Angst 244
17. Chapter fourteen. The Pariah Girl 266
18. Chapter fifteen. The Unposted Letter to Hermann Kafka 287
19. Chapter sixteen. Merano, Second Class 311
20. Chapter seventeen. Milena 319
21. Chapter eighteen. Living Fires 332
22. Chapter nineteen. The Big Nevertheless 353
23. Chapter twenty. Escape to the Mountains 380
24. Chapter twenty-one. Fever and Snow: Tatranské Matliary 387
25. Chapter twenty-two. The Internal and the External Clock 404
26. Chapter twenty-three. The Personal Myth: The Castle 423
27. Chapter twenty-four. Retiree and Hunger Artist 451
28. Chapter twenty-five. The Palestinian 475
29. Chapter twenty-six. Dora 497
30. Chapter twenty-seven. The Edge of Berlin 512
31. Chapter twenty-eight. Last Sorrow 546
32. Epilogue 573
33. Acknowledgments 577
34. Translator’s Note 579
35. Key to Abbreviations 581
36. Notes 583
37. Bibliography 647
38. Photo Credits 665
39. Index 667