"Writing is a deeper sleep, thus death. And just as one cannot and will not pull a dead person from their grave, neither can one pull me from the desk at night."
When we think of Kafka, we often think of alienation and the surreal. But in Letters to Felice , written between 1912 and 1917, we see a totally different side of the author: a man capable of astonishing gentleness and overwhelming sincerity. Here is what makes this collection so profound:
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"I don't want any answers to my letters, I want to hear about you, only about you." — Franz Kafka, Letters to Felice (April 10, 1913)
Through his words, we see the dichotomy between his desire for a conventional life and his unavoidable dedication to literature. It’s haunting, beautiful, and sometimes, heartbreakingly honest.