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THE CITY THAT REAPPEARED

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20021222
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FRANZ KAFKA'S UNFINISHED novel "Amerika" - the slapstick tale of an immigrant's descent through this country's pitiless social order - was published posthumously in 1927, thanks to the ministrations of the author's devoted friend and editor Max Brod. In an effort to uphold Kafka's literary reputation, Brod edited out spelling errors, violent incidents, and a number of factual inaccuracies. Now New Directions has published poet Michael Hofmann's unexpurgated English translation of the book, under the author's intended title: "The Man Who Disappeared."

For Amerikan readers, Kafka's newly ...

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