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Franz Kafka had similar wishes, that his friend was to destroy all his work. I can't say I'm "glad" per se that he didn't since such emotions are antithetical t
by rusk 9y ago
Franz Kafka had similar wishes, that his friend was to destroy all his work. I can't say I'm "glad" per se that he didn't since such emotions are antithetical to Kafka, but I suppose it is for the best, culturally that his friend went ahead and published them ...
I suppose it's a little different given Pratchett's stuff here was "unfinished" tho Kafka could have argued all his stuff was unfinished too ...
- pasquinelli 9y agomost of kafka's writing was clearly unfinished.
- probably_wrong 9y agoI like to compare Kafka to James Joyce. With Kafka, we got great novels out of the postumous publication. The publication of Joyce's letters to Nora Barnacle, however, paint him as someone who "[fastens] intently on peculiarities of sexual behaviour, some of which might be technically called perverse"[1]. No one has really benefited from their publication, except perhaps gossip columns. I think I would stick to the author's desires. As great as Kafka's work is, I don't think we are "entitled" to them. But I can understand the opposing point too. [1] Richard Ellmann, Selected Letters of James Joyce, Introduction, Faber & Faber, London, 1975