German scholars are outraged by James Hawes's book on the porn proclivities of Franz Kafka, Excavating Kafka. Some even accuse the autobiographer of antisemitism.
Here is an excerpt from The Guardian:
Shrivastava said Hawes was more interested in "speculating about whether or not Kafka masturbated" than exploring theories that the Jewish writer, who died before the Holocaust, had foreseen it.
A wonderful essay from The Telegraph.
A different view in Times Online.
Are critics too conservative, or is this Oxford scholar speculating? Hm.
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