Diaries. English

The diaries / Franz Kafka ; translated by Ross Benjamin.

First edition.

New York : Schocken Books, [2022]

xxiii, 670 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

"An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries-a revelation of the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers. Dating from 1909 to 1923, the handwritten diaries contain various kinds of writing: accounts of daily events, reflections, observations, literary sketches, drafts of letters, accounts of dreams, as well as finished stories. This volume makes available for the first time in English a comprehensive reconstruction of the diary entries and provides substantial new content, including details, names, literary works, and passages of a sexual nature that were omitted from previous publications. By faithfully reproducing the diaries' distinctive-and often surprisingly unpolished-writing in Kafka's notebooks, translator Ross Benjamin brings to light not only the author's use of the diaries for literary experimentation and private self-expression, but also their value as a work of art in themselves"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Diaries. First edition New York : Schocken Books, [2022]

English

March 29, 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index.