Letters to MilenaBy: Franz Kafka 'You are the knife I turn inside myself' Franz Kafka's letters to his one time muse, Milena Jesenska an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth century's most prophetic and important writer Kafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech. Their relationship quickly developed into a deep attachment. Such was his feeling for her that Kafka showed