Kafka'sLastLove:TheMysteryofDoraDiamant

作者 Kathi Diamant著
出版社 Vintage
出版时间 2004年8月
ISBN 9780099422181
定价 86.10

内容简介

KathiDiamantbringstolighttheamazingwomanwhocapturesKafka'sheartandkepthisliteraryflamealivefordecades.ItwasDoraDiamant,anindependentspiritwhofledherPolishHasidicfamilytopursueherZionistdreams,whopersuadedKafkatoleavehisparentsandlivewithherinBerlintheyearbeforehedied.Althoughmanycredit(orblame)herforburningmanyofhispapers,ashehadrequested,shealsoheldontomanyothers-papersthattheGestapoconfiscatedandthathaveyettoberecovered.Dora'slifeafterKafka-fromherdaysasastrugglingagitpropactressinBerlintohersojourninMoscowinthe1930s,fromherwartimeescapetoGreatBritain,toherfirstemotionalvisittothenewnationofIsrael-offersaprismthroughwhichwecanviewtheculturalandpoliticalhistoryoftwentieth-centuryEurope.

作者简介

KathiDiamantistheDirectoroftheKafkaProjectatSanDiegoStateUniversity.ThoughshehasnotunearthedapersonalrelationtoDoraDiamant,formorethanfifteenyearsshehasbeenimmersedinDiamant'sstory,retracingDora'sstepsinEurope,discoveringneglectedarchivesandlostpapers,andconductinginterviewswiththosewhoknewher.

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