Karen An-hwei Lee

This book starts off as a bit of fanciful fan-fiction about a woman who somehow gets to escort Franz Kafka around modern Los Angeles. Ultimately this is actually a sci-fi novella, though, and while I found the first few sections tedious (I am not a poetry fan) the story was pretty good once the sci-fi element picked up a bit.
If you like poetry, Kafka, fan-fiction, or creative modern sci-fi, you might like this book, and it's short, so if you are not thrilled with it, it is still a short read.… (more)