Letter to the Father by Franz Kafka

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Letter-to-the-Father-by-Franz-Kafka A-son’s-poignant-letter-to-his-father—from-the-author-of-The-Metamorphosis-and-The-Trial,-and-one-of-the-most-important-writers-of-the-twentieth-century.-• “One-of-the-great-confessions-of-literature.”-—-The-New-York-Times-Book-ReviewFranz-Kafka-wrote-this-letter-to-his-father,-Hermann-Kafka,-in-November-1919.-Max-Brod,-Kafka’s-literary-executor,-relates-that-Kafka-actually-gave-the-letter-to-his-mother-to-hand-to-his-father,-hoping-it-might-renew-a-relationship-that-had-lost-itself-in-tension-and-frustration-on-both-sides.-But-Kafka’s-probing-of-the-deep-flaw-in-their-relationship-spared-neither-his-father-nor-himself. He-could-not-help-seeing-the-failure-of-communication-between-father-and-son-as-another-moment-in-the-larger-existential-predicament-depicted-in-so-much-of-his-work.-Probably-realizing-the-futility-of-her-son’s-gesture,-Julie-Kafka-did-not-deliver-the-letter-but-instead-returned-it-to-its-author.