Franz Kafka (Bloom's Biocritiques)

Harold Bloom states that what in Kafka is not paradox is parable. Critics suggest the author is a unique writer, though only secondarily as a novelist. This text examines Kafka's novels, including Amerika, The Castle, and The Trial.

This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time. Titles include detailed plot summaries of the novel, extracts from scholarly critical essays on the novels, a complete bibliography of the writer's novels, and more.