Life After Kafka - Magdaléna Platzová

Magdaléna Platzová is the author of several books, including three novels published in English: Aaron's Leap , a Lidové Noviny Book of the Year Award finalist, The Attempt , longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and a Czech Book Award finalist, and Life After Kafka , a Magnesia Litera award finalist. Her fiction has also appeared in A Public Space and Words Without Borders . Platzová grew up in the Czech Republic; studied in Washington, DC, and England; received her MA in Philosophy at Charles University in Prague; and has taught at New York University's Gallatin School. She is now based in Lyon, France.