{"product_id":"9780805209495","title":"Letters to Friends, Family and Editors","description":"\u003cb\u003eMore than two decades of letters from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/i\u003e—to the people in his life, from his years as a student in Prague in the early 1900s to his final months in the sanatorium near Vienna where he died in 1924. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes surprisingly humorous, sometimes wrenchingly sad, these letters, collected after Kafka's death by his friend and literary executor Max Brod, include charming notes to school friends; fascinating accounts to Brod about his work in its various stages of publication; correspondence with his publisher, Kurt Wolff, about manuscripts in progress, suggested book titles, type design, and late royalty statements; revealing exchanges with other young writers of the day, including Martin Buber and Felix Weltsch, on life, literature, and girls; and heartbreaking reports to his parents, sisters, and friends on the declining state of his health in the last months of his life.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026322800880,"sku":"9780805209495","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780805209495_p0.jpg?v=1763742046","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780805209495","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}