CONTENTS // Foreword 7 // Suppression and distortion: Franz Kafka ’from the Prague perspective’ 13 // The ‘being’ of Odradek: Franz Kafka in his Jewish context 37 // Franz Kafka’s languages 71 // Kafka’s ‘organic’ language: Language as a weapon 107 // Franz Kafka at school: Kafka’s education in Czech language and literature 129 // Kafka’s Czech reading in context 151 // Divided city: Franz Kafka’s readings of Prague 196 // Bibliography 216 Index 237 Editorial note 241