One of my mottoes as a writer is a little jotting from Kafka's journals: 'Never again psychology!' But alas, humankind is obsessed with its psychological workings, and since the novel can only treat of humankind... You see my predicament.


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One of my mottoes as a writer is a little jotting from Kafka's journals: 'Never again psychology!' But alas, humankind is obsessed with its...

One of my mottoes as a writer is a little jotting from Kafka's journals: 'Never again psychology!' But alas, humankind is obsessed with its...

One of my mottoes as a writer is a little jotting from Kafka's journals: 'Never again psychology!' But alas, humankind is obsessed with its...

One of my mottoes as a writer is a little jotting from Kafka's journals: 'Never again psychology!' But alas, humankind is obsessed with its...