Franz Kafka's meeting with Felice Bauer on the evening of the 13thher August 1912 was to develop into a lifelong relationship with much turmoil between the two. The fruit of this relationship is their long-term correspondence. As Elias Canetti writes: "the specific letters [...] are essential to Kafka for his own writings". Initially, Kafka writes to Felice every day. Then, his indecisiveness and his hesitation to proceed with marriage with her can be seen. Their correspondence, passing through various phases and marking the many ups and downs of their own relationship, will last until 1917, a few years before the author's death. The corpus of Kafka's letters to Felice is a point of reference for the life and work of the great creator, and seals a special relationship that defined him.
Franz Kafka (1883-1924), of Jewish origin, lived in what is now the Czech Republic and wrote his books in the German language. The Trial, The Tower and The Transfiguration are his works that have gone down in history for their dark style and their dealing with issues related to the suffocation that modern man feels in a bureaucratic and irrational environment that pushes him to madness and existential crisis.
