9781509836727 - Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy von Balint, Benjamin (8 Ergebnisse)

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Softcover. Zustand: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. When Franz Kafka died in 1924, his friend Max Brod defied Kafka's last wish to burn his manuscripts, dedicating his life to establishing Kafka as a key figure of the twentieth century. By preserving Kafka's work, Brod not only saved it from destruction but also from obscurity, leading to an international legal battle over Kafka's legacy. The conflict arose between Germany, where Kafka's sister died in the Holocaust, and Israel. This account provides a biographical portrait of Kafka and Brod, along with the Prague Circle of writers and intellectuals. It details the controversial Israeli court trial that decided the fate of the manuscripts Brod smuggled to Palestine in 1939, capturing the legal, ethical, and political dilemmas involved. The narrative unfolds against the backdrop of a harrowing escape from Nazi forces as Europe closed its gates, intertwined with a love story among exiles in Tel Aviv. The trial reflects the national obsessions of two countries grappling with their traumatic pasts, ultimately raising profound questions about the ownership of literary legacies--whether they belong to the nation of one's birth or to one's cultural and religious identity.

Zustand: New. The gripping story of the legal battle over the work of perhaps the most iconic writer of the twentieth century: a priceless cache of papers, an unprecedented international custody battle, and the unlikely journey of a trove of manuscripts from Prague to Pa.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A highly entertaining story of literary friendship, epic legal battles and cultural politics centred on one of the most enigmatic writers of the 20th century' Financial TimesWhen Franz Kafka died in 1924, his friend Max Brod could not bring himself to fulfil the writer's last instruction: to burn his remaining manuscripts. Instead, Brod took them with him to Palestine in 1939, and devoted the rest of his life to editing and canonizing Kafka's work. By betraying his last wish, Brod twice rescued his legacy - first from physical destruction, and then from obscurity.In Kafka's Last Trial, Benjamin Balint offers a gripping account of the contest for ownership that followed, ending in Israeli courts with a controversial trial - brimming with legal, ethical, and political dilemmas - that would determine the fate of Kafka's manuscripts. This is at once a biographical portrait of a literary genius, and the story of two countries whose national obsessions with overcoming the traumas of the past came to a head in a hotly contested trial for the right to claim the literary legacy of one of our modern masters.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Kafka's Last Trial | The Case of a Literary Legacy | Benjamin Balint | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2018 | Picador | EAN 9781509836727 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Zeitfracht Medien GmbH, Ferdinand-Jühlke-Str. 7, 99095 Erfurt, produktsicherheit[at]zeitfracht[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.