Kafka
[kahf-kah, -kuh]
- Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/, 1883–1924, Austrian novelist and short-story writer, born in Prague.
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Contemporary Examples
Melville may be the most famous example, but Kafka, Kate Chopin, and many others followed a similar trajectory.
The great Mann disappointed her; instead of Kafka and Tolstoy, he wanted to know what she thought of Hemingway.
The defendants watched from within a steel-mesh cage in what often seemed a grim scene from Kafka or the theater of the absurd.
I knew about him a little before I went to graduate school, and there I really immersed myself in his stories, and in Kafka.
Magnitsky again testified, with a result right out of Kafka.
Historical Examples
"Ah—she told me that you hated her," said Kafka, turning his dark eyes to his companion.
The Witch of PragueF. Marion Crawford
If she could not have what she longed for, she cared as little what became of her as she cared for Kafka's own fate.
The Witch of PragueF. Marion Crawford
"The nightingale was singing on that night," continued Kafka.
The Witch of PragueF. Marion Crawford
He examined Kafka closely and came to the conclusion that he was really asleep.
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Unorna knelt down and let her hand rest a few seconds on Kafka's brow.
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Kafka
- Franz (frants). 1883–1924, Czech novelist writing in German. In his two main novels The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926), published posthumously against his wishes, he portrays man's fear, isolation, and bewilderment in a nightmarish dehumanized world
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