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When he was 36, Franz Kafka wrote a letter to his father, in which he strongly criticized his father's methods of child-rearing, which included cursing, threats, ironly, hurtful laughter and - curiously - self-accusation. Walden used this letter, together with excerpts from other letters, to create a dramatic piece of music theater. As reviewed in the Weser-Kurier, the theme is as old as mankind: misunderstood, neglected, unloved sons rebelling against their fathers. Kafka's Dearest Father letter has entered into the world literature. Ironically, the letter never reached its destination.
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