Letters to Kafka: A Novel

A sweeping, tragic romance and feminist adventure about translator and resistance fighter Milena Jesenská’s torrid love affair with Franz Kafka.

In 1919, Milena Jesenská, a clever and spirited twenty—three—year—old, is trapped in an unhappy marriage to literary critic Ernst Pollak. Since Pollak is unable to support the pair in Vienna’s post—war economy, Jesenská must supplement their income by working as a translator. Having previously met her compatriot Franz Kafka ...