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Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Twenties
Cry
Literature
Kafka
Powerful
Volumes
Helplessness
Cries
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Twenty

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