Franz Kafka's Night Shift: The Genius Who Ate Lettuce, Feared the Telephone, and Wrote the Century's Darkest Prophecies After Midnight | Brilliant Quirks
Franz Kafka's Night Shift: The Genius Who Ate Lettuce, Feared the Telephone, and Wrote the Century's Darkest Prophecies After Midnight | Brilliant Quirks 📜 Brilliant Quirks #5 ⏱ Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Franz Kafka's Night Shift: The Genius Who Ate Lettuce, Feared the Telephone, and Wrote the Century's Darkest Prophecies After Midnight He worked at an insurance office by day, but the real work began when the world slept. Between 11 p.m. and dawn, Franz Kafka chewed dry bread, stared at the ceiling, and inscribed the absurd nightmares of bureaucracy and isolation that would define a century of anxiety. #FranzKafka #GeniusQuirks #Literature #WritingHabits #Insomnia #Prague #Eccentricity #ModernAnxiety Franz Kafka (1883–1924), photographed in 1917 — just after being diagnosed with tu...