"Burnt Books" by Rodger Kamenetz

Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and Franz Kafka. Need we say more!

Burnt Books is a highly enjoyable analysis of a Torah legend, Rabbi Nachman and the literary great, Franz Kafka. Kamenetz, an academic from New Orleans travels to Uman, Ukraine for the annual New Year pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Nachman. Equipped with a Kafka coffee mug and a rich knowledge of Kafka, Kamenetz explores and examines the two lives of these men.

Both burnt their books, both told tales and both died at a young age.

Was Kafka a reincarnation of Rabbi Nachman?

Please read with the utmost 'simcha' - joy.