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A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka

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From: German Quarterly
Date: 20050101
Author:Hawkins, Beth

Rolleston, James, ed. A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2002. 372 pp. $75.00 hardcover.

A concluding remark in clayton Koelb's preliminary piece in A Companion Guide to the Works of Franz Kafka becomes quickly emblematic of the project undertaken by this ambitious and masterful collection. He writes, indicating less resignation than a resounding charge to take on Kafka's ambiguities without resolving them, "there are just too many Kafkas to be encompassed in a single editorial perspective. The 'real' Franz Kafka is never going to stand up" (31). Indeed, he ...

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