In his 1995 book Franz Kafka, the Jewish Patient, Sander Gilman investigated "why a Jew might have been considered 'hypochondriacal' or 'homosexual' and how Kafka incorporates aspects of these ways of understanding the Jewish male into his own self-image and writing".
U svojoj knjizi Franz Kafka, the Jewish Patient iz 1995., Sander Gilman je istražio "zašto bi jednog Židova smatrali 'hipohonrdom' ili 'homoseksualcem' te kako Kafka inkorporira aspekte tih načina shvaćanja židovskog muškarca u svoju vlastitu sliku i djelo."