Moment of torment; an interpretation of Franz Kafka's short stories Book

Kafka scholars will find Ruth Tie­fenbrun's remarkably original thesis provocative and perhaps even contro­versial, but they will not be able to ignore it. It could well invalidate much previous Kafka criticism.

A student of modern literature, and trained in psychology, Ruth Tiefenbrun provides a new reading based on a unique psychological interpretation of Kafka as a homosexual whose works constitute an autobiographical confes­sion. Her book "decodes" Kafka's secret words for his condition and thus provides a rationale for hitherto unex­plained predicaments in which Kafka's major protagonists, both human and animal, find themselves.

Well researched and brilliantly ar­gued, this highly original work makes a significant contribution to modern psychological studies of literature.