K.

From the acclaimed writer of "The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony" and "Ka:" comes an unprecedented exploration into the mystery of Kafka himself. What are Kafka's stories about? Countless offers have been offered, but the question still arouses feelings of acute uncertainty. In this book, Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be illuminated by its own light. Calasso attempts to enter the flow, the tortuous movement, the physiology of the stories todiscover what they are meant to signify and to delve into a puzzling question: why are K. and Josef K. radically different from any other characters in the history of the novel?