The Life of Kafka's First Fiancée
We are pleased to invite you for the first event of 2024 on
SUNDAY October 13 2:00-4:00 pm
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Pan's Garden (map)
506 21st Street, San Diego, CA 92102Free Street Parking throughout Sherman Heights=======================================
in person presentation byMagdaléna Platzováof her novel of Felice Bauer, Kafka's first fiancée, and the story behind Letters to Felice
"Franz Kafka is a universe that resists any attempt at interpretation. Magdaléna Platzová’s novel offers a new key to Kafka’s world: we look at it through the tender and sorrowful gaze of the people whose fate had been marked by him personally. An utterly touching book!” —Agnieszka Holland, award-winning filmmaker and president of the European Film Academy
Magdaléna Platzová’s Life After Kafka carries the reader across time and space, back and forth between Europe and the United States—central Europe, western Europe, West Coast US, East Coast US—pre–World War II to post–World War II, the ’60s, and the present day. This peregrination happens by way of the author’s characters, as well as the author herself, who becomes a part of the story not only through her reflections on the life of Felice Bauer, but through personal encounters with Bauer’s descendants, including Bauer’s son and granddaughter.
Magdaléna Platzová is the author of nine books, including three novels published in English: Aaron’s Leap, a Lidové Noviny Book of the Year Award finalist, The Attempt, long-listed for the Dublin Literary Award and a Czech Book Award finalist, and Life After Kafka, a Magnesia Litera award finalist. Her fiction has also appeared in A Public Space and Words Without Borders. Platzová grew up in the Czech Republic; studied in Washington, DC, and England; received her MA in Philosophy at Charles University in Prague; and has taught at New York University’s Gallatin School. She is now based in Lyon, France.
Books will be available for sale.
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Refreshments will be served. A donation of $10 is suggested. Reservations are required. Seating is limited and is sure to fill.
Please RSVP to reserve your seat by filling the form bellow or emailing:
Elizabeth (at) coffeewithkafka (dot) com
"Franz Kafka is a universe that resists any attempt at interpretation. Magdaléna Platzová’s novel offers a new key to Kafka’s world: we look at it through the tender and sorrowful gaze of the people whose fate had been marked by him personally. An utterly touching book!” —Agnieszka Holland, award-winning filmmaker and president of the European Film Academy
Magdaléna Platzová’s Life After Kafka carries the reader across time and space, back and forth between Europe and the United States—central Europe, western Europe, West Coast US, East Coast US—pre–World War II to post–World War II, the ’60s, and the present day. This peregrination happens by way of the author’s characters, as well as the author herself, who becomes a part of the story not only through her reflections on the life of Felice Bauer, but through personal encounters with Bauer’s descendants, including Bauer’s son and granddaughter.
Magdaléna Platzová is the author of nine books, including three novels published in English: Aaron’s Leap, a Lidové Noviny Book of the Year Award finalist, The Attempt, long-listed for the Dublin Literary Award and a Czech Book Award finalist, and Life After Kafka, a Magnesia Litera award finalist. Her fiction has also appeared in A Public Space and Words Without Borders. Platzová grew up in the Czech Republic; studied in Washington, DC, and England; received her MA in Philosophy at Charles University in Prague; and has taught at New York University’s Gallatin School. She is now based in Lyon, France.
Books will be available for sale.
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