Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy Complete
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When Franz Kafka died in 1924, his loyal friend Max Brod could not bring himself to fulfill Kafka?s last instruction: to burn his remaining manuscripts. Instead, Brod devoted his life to championing Kafka?s work, rescuing his legacy from obscurity and physical destruction.Nearly a century later, an international legal battle erupted to determine which country could claim ownership: Israel, where Kafka dreamed of living, or Germany, where Kafka?s three sisters perished in the Holocaust? Benjamin Balint offers a gripping account of the controversial trial in Israeli courts? brimming with dilemmas legal, ethical, and political?that determined the fate of Kafka?s manuscripts.?Thoughtful and provocative.? ? Ruth Franklin, Wall Street Journal?A tale pitting two Goliaths against one octogenarian David, untangled in exacting, riveting detail. . . . A must- read.? ? Rebecca Schuman, Slate?A gifted cultural historian with a scholarly sensibility.? ? Lev Mendes, New York Times Book Review
When Franz Kafka died in 1924, his loyal friend Max Brod could not bring himself to fulfill Kafka?s last instruction: to burn his remaining manuscripts. Instead, Brod devoted his life to championing Kafka?s work, rescuing his legacy from obscurity and physical destruction.Nearly a century later, an international legal battle erupted to determine which country could claim ownership: Israel, where Kafka dreamed of living, or Germany, where Kafka?s three sisters perished in the Holocaust? Benjamin Balint offers a gripping account of the controversial trial in Israeli courts? brimming with dilemmas legal, ethical, and political?that determined the fate of Kafka?s manuscripts.?Thoughtful and provocative.? ? Ruth Franklin, Wall Street Journal?A tale pitting two Goliaths against one octogenarian David, untangled in exacting, riveting detail. . . . A must- read.? ? Rebecca Schuman, Slate?A gifted cultural historian with a scholarly sensibility.? ? Lev Mendes, New York Times Book Review