Prologue: the ants of Prague
Stepping outside the self
No literary prize for Kafka
"Civilian kavka": the work of war
What do I have in common with Jews?
Kafka encounters his readers
The country doctor ventures out
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Spanish influenza, Czech revolt, Jewish angst
The unposted letter to Hermann Kafka
Fever and snow: Tatranské Matliary
The internal and the external clock
The personal myth: the castle
Retiree and Hunger artist
