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Will Self visits Prague for a walking tour in search of Franz Kafka’s genius loci. In the film, Will visits several Kafka sights as part of his research for a digital essay for the LRB looking at Kafka's short story, 'The Country Doctor': thespace.lrb.co.uk/
Directed, filmed and edited by Ian Potts.
The project was supported by the Arts Council/BBC Space project.
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