This is a biography of Milena Jesenská, a Czech journalist who was, in a way, a great love of Kafka's. She was an unusual woman for her time. Highly intelligent and with a rebellious streak, she fashioned herself into a journalist and became well-regarded for her literary and political writing. In her 20s she came to know Kafka when she translated his work into Czech. This gave rise to an impassioned correspondence between them, although the connection didn't turn into a real-life love affair, partly because Milena was married, and partly because of Kafka's numerous anxieties and aversions in the male/female domain. Unfortunately, those interested in insights into Kafka will not get many from this book, as he comes and goes quite quickly in the narrative. Rather, the book is a loving tribute to Milena by Margarete Buber-Neumann, with whom she was imprisoned at the women's concentration camp at Ravensbrück. The two had planned to write a book together when they were freed, but Milena died of kidney failure in May 1944, so Margarete chose instead to tell her friend's story.

I think the book had explained the answers to the question well, but in general the book was not so great. I recommend this book to beginners who need work on qustions, but not for advanced students. This book was a waste of time for those who really wanted to strive for an AP grade of 5.

There's lots of non-rare items missing from this book (all the one's I'm looking at).

Interesting reading for a look at Hollywood during the 1930's. Not good "one handed" reading, if that's what you're after. The plot is a murder mystery which helps hold it together, but to classify it a "mystery" is giving it too much credit.