Kafka Sketches - First Edition

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"Kafka Sketches" First Edition Franz Kafka
Compiled by: Andreas Kilcher, Franz Kafka
Translated by: Tomoko Shimizu, Fumiko Takahashi
Publisher: Misuzu Shobo
Published: October 18, 2023

Over 160 sketches kept in a Zurich safe. In 2019, just before the centenary of his death, another Kafka, the painter, finally appeared. Included are life-size, all-color reproductions.

The Kafka sketches, which became a global topic of conversation after being made public in 2019 after a decade-long dispute, are published here for the first time in their entirety.
In addition to all the sketches, related material illustrations and detailed explanations are included, bringing to light Kafka at the time, who was passionate about drawing.
Detailed academic commentary by Andreas Kilcher, a scholar of Jewish literature.
Original essays by philosopher Judith Butler.
A complete catalog of works by artist Pavel Schmidt.

Contents
Beautiful binding with cloth cover and foil stamping
Preface - The History and Present State of Kafka's Sketches
Andreas Kilcher [Translated by Fumiko Takahashi]

Sketches
1. Sketches and Small Works on Paper, c. 1901-1907 (No. 1-84)
2. Sketchbooks (No. 85-119)
3. Sketches in Travel Diaries, 1911-1912 (No. 120-125)
4. Sketches in Letters, 1909-1921 (No. 126-136)
5. Sketches in Diaries and Notebooks, 1909-1924 (No. 137-146)
6. Manuscripts with Patterns and Ornaments, 1913-1922 (No. 147-163)

Drawing and Writing in Kafka
Andreas Kilcher [Translated by Fumiko Takahashi]

"What a ground, what a wall it was!" - Sketches of Kafka's Physical Life
Judith Butler [Translated by Tomoko Shimizu]

Catalog of Works with Commentary
Pavel Schmidt [Translated by Fumiko Takahashi]

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