Object No. 20 of 50 — Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Dara Horn, here. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
Among Franz Kafka's possessions upon his death from tuberculosis in 1924 were many unpublished manuscripts and personal effects, all entrusted to the novelist Max Brod, whom Kafka had appointed as executor of his estate. In his will, Kafka specifically instructed Brod to burn all of his manuscripts, an order which Brod chose to defy. No ...
Published on March 19, 2010 07:50