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Graphic novel 'Einstein in Kafkaland' ponders how two great minds met in Prague

Graphic novel 'Einstein in Kafkaland' ponders how two great minds met in Prague

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From 1911 to 1912, Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka both lived in Prague. A new graphic novel by Ken Krimstein uses both history and artistic imagination to explore how the physicist and writer ran in the same social circles and how their work might have influenced each other. In today's episode, Krimstein speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about Einstein in Kafkaland and the brilliant academic and literary scene in Prague during that time period.

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Graphic novel 'Einstein in Kafkaland' ponders how two great minds met in Prague

Graphic novel 'Einstein in Kafkaland' ponders how two great minds met in Prague