{"product_id":"2026200008363-secondhand-the-diaries-of-franz-kafka-1910-23","title":"The Diaries Of Franz Kafka: 1910–23","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cornerstone of twentieth-century literary history, The Diaries of Franz Kafka: 1910–23 presents an intimate and unfiltered window into the inner world of one of literature's most enigmatic minds. Edited by Kafka's lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod, the diaries chronicle over a decade of the Prague-born author's thoughts, dreams, anxieties, and creative struggles — from 1910 until shortly before his death in 1924. Written with raw honesty and surreal introspection, the entries illuminate the personal torments, failed relationships, and existential preoccupations that would come to define masterworks such as The Trial and The Metamorphosis. The tone oscillates between self-lacerating despair and flashes of dark, ironic wit, offering readers not just a biographical document but a profound meditation on alienation, identity, and the agony of artistic creation. This is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the man behind some of the most haunting fiction ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956342141147,"sku":"2026200008363-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a0d5c681-c935-49f5-8895-2ec4d5f35f4a.png?v=1783499891","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008363-secondhand-the-diaries-of-franz-kafka-1910-23","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}