John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly
John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly are the editors of Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka, an anthology of contemporary writers, including Philip Roth and R. Crumb, who were inspired by Kafka.
Articles by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly
Defining Kafkaesque
One of the influences of Kafka over later writers is not so much in the content of his work as ...
Escaping the Past?
In her introduction to her story “Kafka in Bronteland” which concludes our anthology Kafkaesque , Tamar Yellin writes:“For years I ...
Kafka and the Parable
Since my first encounter with Kafka‘s writing, I’ve been interested in a quality that, while he was alive, stood in ...
Kafka: A Man As Puzzling As His Stories
Franz Kafka was a man who struggled with his many contradictions. Although his writing has come to be intensively studied, as ...