Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translator’s Preface ix
4. Chapter One. Nothing Happening in Prague 1
5. Chapter Two. The Curtain Rises 7
6. Chapter Three. Giants: The Kafkas from Wosek 26
7. Chapter Four. Julie Löwy 38
8. Chapter Five. Losing Propositions 46
9. Chapter Six. Thoughts about Freud 58
10. Chapter Seven. Kafka, Franz: Model Student 77
11. Chapter Eight. A City Energized 90
12. Chapter Nine. Elli, Valli, Ottla 113
13. Chapter Ten. Latin, Bohemian, Mathematics, and Other Matters of the Heart 122
14. Chapter Eleven. Jewish Lessons 150
15. Chapter Twelve. Innocence and Impudence 171
16. Chapter Thirteen. The Path to Freedom 184
17. Chapter Fourteen. To Hell with German Studies 204
18. Chapter Fifteen. Friend Max 222
19. Chapter Sixteen. Enticements 236
20. Chapter Seventeen. Informed Circles: Utitz, Weltsch, Fanta, Bergmann 248
21. Chapter Eighteen. Autonomy and Recovery 268
22. Chapter Nineteen. The Interior Landscape: “Description of a Struggle” 284
23. Chapter Twenty. Doctor of Law Seeking Employment 302
24. Chapter Twenty- One. Off to the Prostitutes 325
25. Chapter Twenty- Two. Cafés, Geishas, Art, and Cinema 335
26. Chapter Twenty- Three. The Formidable Assistant Official 350
27. Chapter Twenty- Four. The Secret Writing School 370
28. Chapter Twenty- Five. Landing in Brescia 391
29. Chapter Twenty- Six. In the Heart of the West 407
30. Chapter Twenty- Seven. Ideas and Spirits: Buber, Steiner, Einstein 420
31. Chapter Twenty-Eight. Literature and Tourism 437
32. Acknowledgments 463
33. Key to Abbreviations 465
34. Notes 467
35. Bibliography 531
36. Photo Credits 549
37. Index 551