This opulent illustrated biography documents Franz Kafka’s life and times through 1550 historical images, primarily in colour, plus...

Many young visitors to Kafka’s little cottage at Prague Castle exclaim something along the lines of “They inflicted Kafka on us at school!”....

“Somebody must have defamed Josef K., for without having done anything wrong, he was arrested one morning. His landlady’s cook, who always...

“The words that can be said about this book are merely tentative asides. A person must glean for himself line by line how the ominous...

Franz Kafka’s Letter to Father can be seen as a key to understanding the Prague author’s life and work. The monologue is both accusatory and...

Late evening on St Nicholas Street, Prague. The family flat has finally fallen silent and Franz’s parents and sisters have gone to bed. Only...

Doctor, let me die...

Golden Lane in the wartime winter of 1916/17: Kafka retreats to the quiet of the little house at number 22 for a few...

“The story that I’m writing, which, I must say, is laid out into the endless … is called The Missing One (Der Verschollene) and takes place...

“I will always be considerably more grateful to you for sending back my manuscripts than for their publication,” wrote Kafka coyly to the...

“Franz Kafka was Prague and Prague was Franz Kafka”, Johannes Urzidil once wrote. And indeed, following the traces of Kafka’s life, your way...

This lavish edition sweeps the reader into the lost world of old imperial Prague: it includes over a thousand historic photographs and...

“Kafka was Prague and Prague was Kafka. Never was Prague so perfect, so typical of herself as she was during Kafka’s lifetime, and never...

When we speak of the work of Franz Kafka (1883-1924), we instinctively think of his literary work. It is less well known that Kafka also...

This opulently illustrated book was the first to bring together accounts of all Kafka’s trips to Switzerland and Italy, on which his main...

Kafka was a subject of the Austrian empire, yet his relationship with its capital city is uncharted territory for scholars of his work. As a...

Franz Kafka was born in Prague; his writing has fascinated generations of readers all over the world and includes some of the most famous...

Vitalis mini calendars make a perfect souvenir or a colourful gift at a great price. They feature major paintings, ideal for art lovers;...

Wilhelm Gause: The Golden Lane in 1914

Franz Kafka (1883–1924)

Is it possible to read Kafka’s Metamorphosis in just a few seconds? It is now, thanks to this flick book which transforms the great literary...

Franz Kafka (1883–1924)

Charles Bridge and the Oldtown silhoutte at sunrise

A miniature book on Franz Kafka, perfect to flick through, pick apart, put up on your wall and put down. As small as a large stamp and as...