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Letters to Kafka
CHRISTINE ESTIMA
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Summary
A sweeping, tragic romance and feminist adventure about translator and resistance fighter Milena Jesenská’s torrid love affair with Franz Kafka.
In 1919, Milena Jesenská, a clever and spirited twenty-three-year-old, is trapped in an unhappy marriage to literary critic Ernst Pollak. Since Pollak is unable to support the pair in Vienna’s post-war economy, Jesenská must supplement their income by working as a translator. Having previously met her compatriot Franz Kafka in the literary salons of Prague, she writes to him to ask for permission to translate his story The Stoker from German to Czech, becoming Kafka’s first translator. The letter launches an intense and increasingly passionate correspondence. Jesenská is captivated by Kafka’s energy, intensity, and burning ambition to write. Kafka is fascinated by Jesenská’s wit, rebellious spirit, and intelligence.
Jesenská and Kafka meet twice for lovers’ trysts, but can such an intense connection endure beyond a fleeting affair? In her remarkable debut novel, Christine Estima weaves little-known facts and fiction into a rich tapestry, powerfully portraying the struggles of a woman forced to choose between the roles of wife, lover, and intellectual.
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Price:
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$26.99
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Category:
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Author:
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CHRISTINE ESTIMA
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Title:
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Letters to Kafka
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Release date:
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09 September 2025
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Editor:
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HOUSE OF ANANSI
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Subject:
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ROMANS HISTORIQUES
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ISBN:
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9781487013318 (14870133111)
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Renaud-Bray Reference:
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21601965
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Item nb:
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4452572
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Letters to Kafka
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ESTIMA, CHRISTINE
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HOUSE OF ANANSI
2025
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