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Max Brod, an important representative of Prague Jewish German literature, was born 140 years ago, on May 27, 1884. He is best known as the saviour of Franz Kafka's work.
Benjamin Balint at the NYT:
A revelatory edition of his diaries and a new biography upend the simplified myth of the anguished writer.
The last years of Kafka's life were associated with severe illness and numerous stays in sanatoriums.
Kafka expert Mark Harman, translator of a new collection of the writer's stories, discusses many aspects of his work, including his distinctive style and sense of humour.