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Book Title: Kafka : the Years of Insight
Number of Pages: 728 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: European / General, Modern / 20th Century, Literary, Europe / General
Item Height: 1.5 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
Item Weight: 35 oz
Author: Reiner Stach
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
