Prague, Czech Republic: Franz Kafka Memorial

It's tough not to bump into Franz Kafka, or at least hear about him, while visiting Prague. He's the most popular of all Czech writers.

This tribute, you'd have to say, is an odd one. It's almost Kafka-esque, which is a way of saying it is bizarre.

As you can see, it's a sculpture of a giant man carrying another man around. Why? It's part of a scene from a Kafka novel, "Amerika." Kafka took some of the experiences of his relatives who had gone to the United States, and used them in the book.

The odd part if that "Amerika" was his first novel, and it was never finished. The book was published after his death.

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