The Washington Post, October 4th, 1992
FRANZ KAFKA's gaunt visage appears everywhere in central Prague. Hanging from souvenir stalls, encased in shop windows that line the city's many narrow lanes, black T-shirts emblazoned with the author's angular face and bordered with the caption "Kafka from Prague" sell for the rather steep, for here, price of 290 korun (about $11). And everywhere are abundant varieties of Kafka postcards. One wonders if sending such mementos home would signify "having a wonderful time here" or, as Kafka himself wrote of his birthplace, "Prague will not let us go. Not one of us. This dear mother has claws." It...
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