15 February 1999 A bitter and perhaps overly pessimistic book, Vecinii lui Franz Kafka–romanul unei nevroze (The Neighbors of Franz Kafka–the Story of a Neurosis) is a wake-up call to Central and Eastern Europe on the dangers of nationalism.Vladimir Tismaneanu and Mircea Mihaies write that Central and Eastern Europe still remain “a collection of inane symbols, a matrix of serpentine […]

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