Kafka's Shadow

by Judith Skillman

Kafka's Shadow takes the reader through Franz Kafka s life (1883-1924) from childhood to adulthood, as he came of age under his authoritarian father, Hermann, who desired that Franz become entrepreneurial and insensitive in short, a replica of himself. Themes include Kafka's desire to escape from the milieu, and to experience life apart from a suffocating domesticity. These poems explore Kafka's provocative style and relentless drive to write, as well as his illness, fragility and, ultimately, his inability to marry for fear of losing his raison d etre which was, of course, writing.

78 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2017