Kafka's Milena: Life of Milena Jesenska

Name: Kafka's Milena: Life of Milena Jesenska
Brand: Souvenir Press
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Widely known for her (largely epistolary) romance with Franz Kafka and as the addressee of his "Letters to Milena, "Milena Jesenska was a prominent journalist and translator, one of the most famous women in 1930s Prague. This intimate biography by her daughter charts her stormy and colorful life from her rebellious childhood through her literary and political activities to her concentration camp imprisonment by the s. "Kafka's Milena" was rushed into publication in Prague in 1969, just after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. This edition includes translations of several new letters and articles by Jesenska, including her obituary of Kafka and a wrenching letter from prison to her daughter.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 160
Release Date:: 1992-02-27
Publication Date:: 1992-02-27
Publisher:: Souvenir Press
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 028565070X

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