Nicholas Lezard

Two young men in flight: Partita and A Winter in Zürau, by Gabriel Josipovici reviewed

Kafka, spitting blood, escapes Prague to join his sister in Bohemia, and a fictional lover flees the wrath of an outraged husband in Josipovici’s delightful two-in-one trick

Franz Kafka. [Getty Images] 
issue 24 August 2024
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  • Partita and A Winter in Zürau

    Gabriel Josipovici

    Carcanet, pp. 288, £14

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