A Letter to Felice
A Letter to Felice
Examples of amae can also be found in Kafka's letters. Especially relevant in this context is a passage in a letter
to his fiance Felice Bauer (The Basic Kafka, pp. 286f) which he regarded as so important that he also noted it in
his diary and quoted it in a letter to his friend Max Brod, where he even proposes it as his epitaph.
The fact that Kafka copied this text …
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…better off. The lighthearted and ironic way in which he introduces the above passage in a letter to
Brod indicates this: "What do you say about this marvelous piece of self-knowledge [.....]? It would be a good
epitaph."
In his family, Kafka probably did not enjoy many opportunities to have his wish to amaeru gratified. This seems to
be especially true with regard to his father, as the Letter to His Father (The Basic Kafka 234) indicates.
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