La grandeza de la vida

Synopsis of La grandeza de la vida

In the summer of 1923, Franz Kafka, suffering from tuberculosis, meets Dora Diamant, a young cook. Within weeks, Kafka decides to live with her in Berlin, during the hyperinflation of the Weimar Republic. Despite economic difficulties and family opposition, Kafka and Dora remain together until his death in 1924. This novel by Michael Kumpfmüller tells a story of love, writing, and death, with subtle and emotional prose.