Revisiting Kafka

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Published September 15, 2008 at 7:00 AM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Local author and Kafka Project Director Kathi Diamant joins us for an update on her Magical Mystery Literary History Tour through Eastern Europe this summer to search for the final writings of Franz K

Revisiting Kafka

Tom Fudge : The German-Czech writer Franz Kafka is one that Kathi Diamant has taken a major interest in. Kathy is the author of the book Kafka's Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant. Dora Diamant, who's name is spelled just like Kathi's, was Kafka's late-life companion who was in possession of his last writings. Kathi has sought to find those writings.

And earlier this year she set out on a tour of Europe in an ongoing effort to find them.

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Guest

Kathi Diamant, adjunct professor in the College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University and the director of the Kafka Project , Diamant is also author of "Kafka's Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant." Kathi will be teaching a six-week class through SDSU's College of Extended Studies this November and December, entitled "Loving Kafka." You can read Kathi's blog from her European literary tour here.