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Letters to Milena: Discover Franz Kafka's love letters – the surprise TikTok sensation! Paperback – December 6, 2018 by Franz Kafka
5.0
Getting a glimpse at Kafka's mind and heart was a sensational experience. To read about his deep connection with Milena Jesenská, not only in a romantic way but also as the one who translated his work and how deeply he admired her as a translator and as a writer (several times he mentions her fashion articles and how he can see some people getting inspired by them). I mentioned before this was only a glimpse because that's how Kafka portrays it by one of the final letters he sends to Milena:
"What you are for me, Milena, beyond the whole world we inhabit, cannot be found in all the daily scraps of paper which I have sent you."
I knew Kafka had a way with words after reading "The Metamorphosis" and "Before the Law" but read this:
"I keep trying to convey something which cannot be conveyed, to explain something which cannot be explained, something in my bones, which can only be experienced in these same bones."
His writing is a delight for the soul, his descriptions about feelings like fear, love, loneliness and sadness are one of the most powerful I've ever read. I'm glad to have read this before reading "The Trial" or "The Castle" because I heard there are many elements from them that are based on feelings he wrote to Milena (and I even read about Milena being an inspiration for some characters).
For anyone who wants to feel alive, understood and to connect with Kafka on a new level, this is the reading you're looking for.
"What you are for me, Milena, beyond the whole world we inhabit, cannot be found in all the daily scraps of paper which I have sent you."
I knew Kafka had a way with words after reading "The Metamorphosis" and "Before the Law" but read this:
"I keep trying to convey something which cannot be conveyed, to explain something which cannot be explained, something in my bones, which can only be experienced in these same bones."
His writing is a delight for the soul, his descriptions about feelings like fear, love, loneliness and sadness are one of the most powerful I've ever read. I'm glad to have read this before reading "The Trial" or "The Castle" because I heard there are many elements from them that are based on feelings he wrote to Milena (and I even read about Milena being an inspiration for some characters).
For anyone who wants to feel alive, understood and to connect with Kafka on a new level, this is the reading you're looking for.