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My Kafka moments in Prague; For a surreal trip away from the crowds, just followthe author's steps, says Caroline Hendrie.

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From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Date: 20070408
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Byline: CAROLINE HENDRIE

TO THE tourist, the little fellow in a three-piece suit and homburg hat perched on the shoulders of a headless, handless giant is instantly recognisable as Franz Kafka. But the meaning of the statue of Prague's famous son is as obscure as his most famous work. We all know of The Metamorphosis, the story of a man who wakes to find he's turned into a giant cockroach, but few would care to be questioned too closely on it.

It is more than 90 years since the story was originally published, but the first English translation came out only in 1961. It was ...

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