Some eighty years after his death, Franz Kafka was honoured with a monument of his own, right in the heart of Prague. The Franz Kafka Monument is located exactly where the Dušní Street, the place where Kafka’s family lived for a certain period, and the Vězeňská Street come together. It essentially lies between St Spirit Church and the Spanish Synagogue. Sculptor Jaroslav Rona was responsible for carving the bronze black statue that weighs a good 800 kilograms and is about 375 centimetres tall. He admitted that his source of inspiration was none other than Kafka himself.
The tall and imposing sculpture represents a male figure sans a head clad in a suit and a much smaller figure of Kafka is sitting comfortably on his shoulders. The plot of his celebrated short story, ‘Description of a Struggle’ seems to fit the monument where a character successfully defeats his stronger opponent. Taking this symbolism into account, the sculpture is indeed a sight to see and is a fitting homage to the genius of Kafka. Hundreds and thousands of tourists now come to Dušní only to get several pictures clicked with the monument.
The nearest metro station from Dušní is Staroměstská, and in case you want to take the tram, lines 17, 18 and 53 will help you commute.