Kafka Was the Rage

Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir by Anatole Broyard is a lyrical and deeply personal account of postwar life in 1940s Greenwich Village, capturing the spirit of an era when art, literature, and bohemian dreams flourished. As a young aspiring writer just back from World War II, Broyard immerses himself in the vibrant world of downtown Manhattan, where he falls in love with both intellectual freedom and a woman named Sheri. With elegance and wry insight, he chronicles his journey through bookstores, cafes, and artist-filled apartments, offering a tender, sometimes ironic portrait of youthful ambition, identity, and longing. This unfinished memoir, published posthumously, stands as a tribute to a vanished time and a soul passionately in search of meaning.