"Kafka's Jewishness was a kind of dream, whose authentic moment was located always in the nostalgic past. His survey o…"

"The impersonality of the communist state is not easy to understand. The huge dangers with which its subjects are dail…"

"The work of Kafka … has been subjected to a mass ravishment by no less than three armies of interpreters. Those who r…"

"Kafka is enormously important. Years ago I wrote a Jewish travel guide to Prague and other cities in the region. At t…"

"Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence... Someone might possibly have es…"

"Plenty of hope — for God — no end of hope — only not for us."

"How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense."

"Verlassen sind wir doch wie verirrte Kinder im Walde. Wenn Du vor mir stehst und mich ansiehst, was weißt Du von den …"

"Ich glaube, man sollte überhaupt nur solche Bücher lesen, die einen beißen und stechen. Wenn das Buch, das wir lesen,…"

"Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungezi…"