M. Brod, biographer and friend of Franz Kafka, vividly and comprehensively recreated the difficult life path of the author of the world famous “The Castle”, “The Trial”, “America”. The complexes of a nervous child who envied his father, painful thoughts about the fate of his compatriots at the crossroads of the Jewish, German and Slavic cultures of the once mighty imperial Austria, details of the private life of a literary genius, portraits of idols and opponents, the connection between the thoughts of a literary genius and the theories of Freud - these and many other details The life and work of Franz Kafka are reflected in the multifaceted work of Max Brod.