Letters to Max Brod

The life of Franz Kafka is primarily known through his diaries and letters.

In 1902, he met Max Brod – a Czech and Israeli writer, philosopher, and journalist. Subsequently, Brod became Kafka's closest friend, his executor, and publisher, as well as the author of a number of works on his creativity. Kafka asked him to destroy all the texts he had created, however, Max Brod consciously broke this last wish – it is precisely because of this that we have the opportunity to study Kafka's literary heritage today.

In this correspondence with his friend, Franz Kafka appears as a kind, sensitive, deeply emotional person with a wonderfully unique worldview – unlike anyone else's, yet so close. It contains very personal and heartfelt dialogues of Franz with someone who meant a lot to him in life and played a key role in his posthumous literary fate…

This edition also includes "Letter to His Father" and "Will".