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Which major Franz Kafka novels did Max Brod publish after Kafka’s death?
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Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka.
Despite Franz Kafka’s explicit request that his unpublished manuscripts be destroyed upon his death, his friend and literary executor, Max Brod, disregarded these instructions and published three of Kafka’s major novels posthumously. These works are:12
By choosing to preserve and publish these manuscripts, Brod was instrumental in securing Kafka’s worldwide literary fame.1