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Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy

Benjamin Balint
3.87/5 (126 ratings)
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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
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eng
ISBN10:
0393357384
ISBN13:
9780393357387
kindle Asin:
B07GXZTBKM

Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy

Benjamin Balint
3.87/5 (126 ratings)
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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
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Reprint
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0393357384
ISBN13:
9780393357387
kindle Asin:
B07GXZTBKM

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