Description

Written as an intense and deeply personal letter, this work examines a son’s troubled relationship with his powerful, intimidating father. Through candid reflection, it explores childhood memory, authority, guilt, emotional distance, and the longing for understanding within a family. Combining psychological insight with Kafka’s characteristically precise and unsettling prose, it stands as a compelling document of self-examination and one of the most revealing works associated with modernist literature.

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ebook

Penguin Clássicos

Published Jan 1, 2024

152 pages

ISBN: 9789895832071

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Details

First Published

1952

Language

por

Translation

Original: Brief an den Vater

From: deu

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for Letter to His Father by Franz Kafka.

Emotional Abuse
Family Conflict