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404 Kafka and Literary Oblivion (with Robin Hemley)

The History of Literature

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Did Kafka Kill Himself?

The top answer was, did kofka kill himself? Oh, well. Which made me think, it's just that that version we get of him is a, you know, like i said, relentlessly bleak and dark. He was suicidal sometimes. But didn't have to do with only with his his creativity, but had to do with some family problems.

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