Franz Kafka's "Letter to His Father" was never sent and only found readers after his death. It is a central text in Kafka's oeuvre and offers, like no other, insight into the purgatory of his biography. It may be the best introduction to the unsettling yet inspiring world of a writer without whom the history of 20th-century literature would have been different. The text is based on the critical edition of the works of Franz Kafka, supplemented by the contribution from Kindler's Literary Lexicon and includes information about his life and work.