FAQ About Franz Kafka
When were Kafka's major works published?
Most of Franz Kafka's major works were published posthumously, as he instructed his friend Max Brod to destroy his unpublished manuscripts after his death. Despite Kafka's wishes, Brod published these works, significantly contributing to Kafka's posthumous fame. 'The Trial', 'The Castle', and 'Amerika' are among the major works published after his death in 1924. 'The Metamorphosis', one of the few published during his lifetime, appeared in 1915.
