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Klaus Wagenbach (1930–2021)

Author of Franz Kafka

62+ Works 554 Members 10 Reviews

About the Author

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Series

Works by Klaus Wagenbach

Franz Kafka (1964) 195 copies, 2 reviews
Kafka's Prague: A Travel Reader (1993) 95 copies, 2 reviews
Franz Kafka: Pictures of a Life (1983) 89 copies, 2 reviews
Wieso Bücher? (1994) 11 copies, 1 review
Das Atelier 4 copies
Tintenfisch VI. Jahrbuch für Literatur 1973. (1985) — Editor — 4 copies
Franz Kafka 1883 - 1924 (1966) 2 copies
Freibeuter 19 (1984) 2 copies
Tintenfisch 4 — Editor — 2 copies
Deutsche Orte (1991) 2 copies
1993 1 copy
Kafka par lui-même. (1968) 1 copy
Freibeuter Nr. 43, Neues Deutschland, (1990) — Editor — 1 copy
Tintenfisch 7 — Editor — 1 copy
Tintenfisch XI. Jahrbuch für Literatur 1977 (1983) — Editor — 1 copy
Tintenfisch 1 - Jahrbuch für Literatur (1985) — Editor — 1 copy
Tintenfisch 3 — Designer — 1 copy
Tintenfisch 5 — Editor — 1 copy
Tintenfisch 8 — Editor — 1 copy
Freibeuter 9. Thema: Angst vor Technik? (1981) — Editor — 1 copy

Associated Works

Letters to Ottla and the Family (1974) — Editor — 69 copies, 1 review
Gedichte. (1995) — Editor, some editions — 52 copies
Einer raus einer rein (2006) — Editor — 9 copies
Mein Heldenzeitalter (2005) — Editor, some editions — 4 copies

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Members

Reviews

12 reviews
Brief, glossy biog, with coloured footnotes and one-sentence summary at the bottom of each page. Good for a quick catch-up, though some of the chronology jumps about and he underplays the significance of the women in his life. However, it is quite good on expanding background details of people, places and institutions that were significant in his life.

See my Kafka-related bookshelf for other works by and about Kafka: HERE.
This updated and corrected reedition of Kafka's youth is an important and charming read, presenting both the man, his language and his city. Only the abrupt ending (in 1912) leaves the reader hanging in the air. Fortunately, the wonderful Jahre der Entscheidung by Rainer Stach (2002) neatly fills the gap.
½

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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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