Kafka, Franz (1883-1924) Kill me, or else you are a murderer! Franz Kafka, born in Prague in 1883, became one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. As Kafka lay dying of tuberculosis, he begged his physician for an overdose of morphine to end his suffering. While alive, Kafka only published a very few selections of his short fiction including The Metamorphosis, a story about a young man who, symbolically, is transformed into a huge disgusting insect. Following his death, friends published the bulk of Kafkas work, including The Castle and The Trial, despite his final instructions that they destroy the manuscripts, Dearest Max, my last request: Everything I leave behind me ... in the way of diaries, manuscripts, letters (my own and others), sketches, and so on, to be burned unread.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:28:05 +0000
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