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A review by literaryjunarin
Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka
sad
4.0
"Moreover, perhaps it isn’t love when I say you are what I love the most – you are the knife I turn inside myself, this is love."
From this collection of all-consuming, ardent letters, I've witnessed Kafka's thoughts in the years before his death. Tormented by insomnia and plagued by coughs, Milena's letters brought Kafka moments of happiness but also intensified his feelings of alienation. However, I think his unhappiness is also a result of his own making. Milena asked to meet multiple times but Kafka declined. He shared his fears of love, of life, everything. And we all know how their story ended.
From this collection of all-consuming, ardent letters, I've witnessed Kafka's thoughts in the years before his death. Tormented by insomnia and plagued by coughs, Milena's letters brought Kafka moments of happiness but also intensified his feelings of alienation. However, I think his unhappiness is also a result of his own making. Milena asked to meet multiple times but Kafka declined. He shared his fears of love, of life, everything. And we all know how their story ended.