Kafka´s Last Trial: The Case of a Litera
Autor
ISBN | 978-0-393-35738-7 |
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EAN | 9780393357387 |
Nakladatelství | WW Norton & Co |
Rok vydání | 2019 |
Vazba | Brožovaná |
Počet stran | 280 |
Rozměry | 210 x 141 x 21 mm |
Hmotnost | 246 g |
Jazyk | angličtina |
Zařazení knihy
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 both obscurity and physical destruction. Nearly a century later, an international legal battle erupted to determine which country could claim ownership: the Jewish state, 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.