Letters to Milena

Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writer Kafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech and their relationship quickly developed into a deep attachment. Such was his feeling for her that Kafka showed her his diaries and in doing so laid bare his heart and his conscience. While at times Milena's 'ge...See More