Kafka and the doll

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At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, walked through the park in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully.

My favorite way to celebrate a book is by sharing the illustration process. Not only do I think it’s an interesting insight, but it helps me remember all the decisions I made to get from manuscript to final. For the illustrations in Kafka and the Doll, I feel proud of the simplicity. The process of

This story about a traveling doll from the life of Franz Kafka shows his depth of compassion, the transformative power of grief, and the magical power of

Written by Larissa Theule Illustrated by Rebecca Green Based on a true story about Franz Kafka ”Inspired by a true story, Kafka and the Doll recounts a remarkable gesture of kindness from one of the world’s most bewildering and iconic writers. In the fall of 1923, Franz Kafka encountered a distraught little girl on a walk in the park. She’d lost her doll and was inconsolable. Kafka told her the doll wasn’t lost, but instead, traveling the world and having grand adventures! And to…

Kafka and the doll is an inspiring story of human kindness, of one of our greatest writers' commitment and dedication to making a little girl happy.

Amazon.com: Letters to Milena (The Schocken Kafka Library): 9780805212679: Kafka, Franz, Boehm, Philip: Books

The novelist Franz Kafka’s letters to a young girl showed that although one thing may be gone, something else can come in and fill the void.