Book Interview: The translated diaries of Franz Kafka - seeker and explorer

"Benjamin says the ambiguity of Kafka’s prose make translating his work difficult in general. But translating Kafka’s diaries proved especially tricky...."

Headshot portrait of Austrian writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924) as a young man, circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

• The Diaries of Franz Kafka 
• Franz Kafka 
• Translated by Ross Benjamin 
• Schocken Books, €22.99