![]() At 34, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, which would lead to his death seven years later. During his lifetime, Kafka is estimated to have burned at least 90% of everything he wrote, though he consented to publish The Metamorphosis at age 32. He had several passionate love affairs but never married. ![]() Kafka's letters and journals reveal that he was tortured by a sense of his own inadequacy, sexually and socially, though to others he came off as quiet and intelligent. He studied law and got a job at an insurance company at age 24, though he resented having to work to pay the bills. He attended elementary school, gymnasium, and university within a few blocks of his birthplace. He preferred to speak and write German, as his family did, though most residents of Prague spoke Czech, a significant division both culturally and politically. ![]() Kafka was born in Prague, the first of six children in a family of middle-class Jews. ![]()
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