By Marija Pericic
It is 1908, and Max Brod is the emerging celebrity of Prague's literary international. every little thing he desires-fame, recognize, love - is ultimately inside of his succeed in. but if a rival seems to be at the scene, Max discovers how quick he can lose every little thing he has labored so tough to realize. He is aware that the newcomer, Franz Kafka, has the facility to eclipse him for sturdy, and he needs to choose to what lengths he'll visit carry onto his luck. yet there's extra to Franz than meets the attention, and Max, too, has secrets and techniques which are darker than even he is aware, secrets and techniques that could after all ruin either one of them.
The misplaced Pages is a richly reimagined tale of Max Brod's lifestyles filtered via his dating with Franz Kafka. during this encouraged novel of friendship, fraud, insanity and betrayal, Marija Pericic writes vividly and compellingly of a rare literary rivalry.
'... cleverly established and an interesting concept.' Jenny Barry, BooksPlus
'From the very starting, the tension among Kafka and Brod is highly exciting. Brod is anti-social and prefers his personal corporation, like the better of Kafka's characters.' Rohan Wilson, award successful writer of The Roving Party and To identify these Lost
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