{"product_id":"kafkas-son-a-novel-by-curt-leviant","title":"Kafka's Son: A Novel by Curt Leviant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListen to our podcast with author Curt Leviant here:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in New York City and Prague in 1992, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKafka’s Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows a first-person narrator who is a documentary filmmaker. In a New York synagogue, he meets an elderly Czech Jew named Jiri, once the head of the famous Jewish Museum in Prague, with whom he discovers a shared love of Kafka. Inspired by this friendship, the narrator travels to Prague to make a film about Jewish life in the city and its Kafka connections.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his search for answers, he crosses paths with the beadle of the famous 900-year-old Altneushul synagogue, the rumored home to a legendary golem hidden away in a secret attic—which may or may not exist; a mysterious man who may or may not be Kafka’s son—and who may or may not exist; Mr. Klein, who although several years younger than Jiri may or may not be his father; and an enigmatic young woman in a blue beret—who is almost certainly real.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaybe. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Prague itself becomes as perplexing and unpredictable as its transient inhabitants, Curt Leviant unfolds a labyrinthine tale that is both detective novel and love story, captivating maze and realistic fantasy, and a one hundred percent stunning tribute to Kafka and his city. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44181780594775,"sku":"pit1787285301486","price":10.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/1706\/6327\/files\/kafkas-son-a-novel-by-curt-leviant_1.jpg?v=1787285306","url":"https:\/\/chicedgestore.shop\/products\/kafkas-son-a-novel-by-curt-leviant","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}