Best known as the recipient of Franz Kafka"s Letters to Milena, Milena Jesenska moved widely among the literary circles of Prague and Vienna. As a journalist she left a vivid record of the times, writing on topics as diverse as fashion and politics. Drawing on unpublished letters and other archival materials, Hockaday casts Milena"s life against the backdrop of cosmopolitan Prague before it vanished behind the Iron Curtain. 38 photos.