CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MEETING AT THE WAILING WALL

STRONGER THAN ANY BARBARISM

JAN JESENSKY

THE MINERVANS COME OF AGE

THE LOVING ONE

THE LOWEST DEPTHS

FRANZ KAFKA AND MILENA

THE WAY TO SIMPLICITY

MARRIAGE AND ILLNESS

A BLIND ALLEY

NEW TASKS

POLITICAL JOURNALIST

MATER MISERICORDIAE

LET US NOT PERISH…

THE CATASTROPHE

A FREE WOMAN

“A TIME OF SADNESS IS RISING OVER THE HORIZON”

PROTÉGÉES

THE ZEALOTS

FRIENDSHIP TO THE DEATH

HER LAST BIRTHDAY

MILENA’S END

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES