{"product_id":"letters-to-friends-family-and-editors","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":48833717403853,"sku":"9780805209495","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_a699dff0-06cc-4851-857a-7ea214e4d5f7.jpg?v=1790894453","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/letters-to-friends-family-and-editors","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}