Franz Kafka is one of the rare writers with complete freedom of movement beyond the boundaries of the most significant currents and movements of his time – Expressionism, Modernism, and the earlier Realism.

Something similar can be said about his previously unknown pencil and ink drawings and sketches, which often adorned his manuscripts and recently came to light, after years of legal struggles that kept them in a drawer for decades.

Far from being merely characterized as “Kafka's scribbles,” and approaching themes covered in his literary work, they manage comfortably to add a valuable additional dimension to the personality and expression of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century – who once entertained the idea of becoming a painter.

Franz Kafka, a German-speaking Jew of Czech origin, who lived in what is now the Czech Republic and wrote his works in the German language, is considered one of the greatest modernist prose writers of the 20th century.

His works, The Trial, The Castle, and The Metamorphosis, are now regarded as classics and rank among the most important works of all time.