Amerika: The Missing Person by Franz Kafka

Amerika: The Missing Person

Schocken Kafka Library

Franz Kafka

fiction classics reflective slow-paced

299 pages | first published 1927

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Kafka began writing what he had entitled Der Verschollene (The Missing Person) in 1912 and wrote the last completed chapter in 1914. But it wasn't until 1927, three years after his death, that Max Brod, Kafka's friend and literary executor, edited...
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Summary of 586 reviews

Moods

adventurous 66%
funny 60%
dark 46%
challenging 26%
mysterious 26%
reflective 26%
tense 26%
hopeful 20%
lighthearted 13%
sad 13%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 26%
fast 6%

Plot- or character-driven?

Plot: 40% | A mix: 30% | Character: 30%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 41% | Yes: 33% | No: 25%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 41% | No: 33% | Yes: 25%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 50% | Yes: 33% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 54% | No: 36% | It's complicated: 9%

Average rating

3.54

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