Illustrations
Preface to the American Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Translator’s Note
Chapter One: In the Web of Relationships
Chapter Two: Childhood and School Days, 1883–1901
Chapter Three: University Study and Friendships for Life, 1901–1906
Chapter Four: Early Prose, 1900–1911
Chapter Five: Initial Professional Employment, 1906–1912
Chapter Six: On the Trail, 1908–1912
Chapter Seven: The Art of Meditation, 1908–1913
Chapter Eight: A Lover-in-Writing: Felice Bauer, 1912–1913
Chapter Nine: The Literary Night Shift, 1912–1913
Chapter Ten: Amerika. The Man Who Disappeared, 1912–1914
Chapter Eleven: The Trial, 1914–1915
Chapter Twelve: War Years without Decisions, 1915–1918
Chapter Thirteen: Illness and New Means of Escape, 1917–1918
Chapter Fourteen: Protocols of Horror, 1914–1919
Chapter Fifteen: Julie Wohryzek and Milena Pollak, 1919–1921
Chapter Sixteen: Self-Constructs and Parables, 1917–1922
Chapter Seventeen: Das Schloß (The Castle), 1922
Chapter Eighteen: Post-Retirement, 1922–1923
Chapter Nineteen: Late Stories, 1922–1924
Chapter Twenty: The Last Journey But One, 1923–1924
Notes
Bibliography
Image Sources
Index of Proper Names
Index of Kafka’s Works Mentioned in the Text