Next to the Spanish Synagogue in
Prague is located the Statue of Franz Kafka and his stories, who was a native
of Prague. He was a German language writer of novels and short stories,
regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th
century. Kafka lives in a number of places in the Old Town of the Czech
capital, and his face can be seen in many spots throughout the former Jewish
section. However, the largest monument to him, ‘Memorial to Franz Kafka’ (2003),
is a bit more introspective than the others. This statue depicts a large,
headless and handless man, carrying a small man on his shoulder, as if it were
depicting a father carrying his son. Nonetheless, the small man is a
representation of Kafka. This image of a man carrying another man on his
shoulders, walking through the streets of Prague, appears in Kafka’s story
‘Description of a Struggle.’
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