The masochist, the indolent perfectionist terrified of completeness. Franz the metamorphic and his doubles of him, misaligned and isolated, passive and parasitic. Franz, eternal and sadistic boyfriend. Franz: the angel and the vampire who, within four walls, searches for the Indestructible at night. Kafka. Kafka the legal man, builder of machine worlds, Kafka the golem created by a domineering father, Kafka the Jew. Franz Kafka, the observer, who writes at night to understand how others live their days.