For the weary insurance salesman, Mahler’s music was simply too loud. Though Kafka possessed acute hearing, he did not have ...

This 1813 text is one of the most famous romances in the English literary canon, with over 4 million ratings on Goodreads.

Delve into Franz Kafka's books and literary works, exploring themes of existentialism, alienation, and absurdity. Discover the genius behind modern classics.

Patrick Modiano’s books treat memory and language as something to play around with, almost always with a tremendous payoff ...

But after his fall, beginning in his first days in the hospital, Kureishi started to write furiously. A flurry of ...

Haruki Murakami’s return from a six-year hiatus sees a return to the familiar, but still shines with its emotional depth and ...

Similar in narrative style to Kafka’s The Trial, Lukins’ new novel, centred on the crimes of a wealthy American family, ...

Paradoxical though it may seem, studies have found that many creative people had difficult childhoods. Indeed, many ...

But after his fall, beginning in his first days in the hospital, Kureishi started to write furiously. A flurry of social-media posts earned him sympathy and admiration for his truth-telling. Over two ...

Where Miguel de Cervantes’ 16th century work is smart, suspenseful, playful and pointed, “Lookingglass Quixote” is ...

The experimental literary rapture around Franz Kafka only came about against his wishes after he died, because originally he wanted all his work destroyed.