5/22/2023 0 Comments Kafkaesque by Franz Kafka![]() Hoffe also views the entire attempt to position Kafka as a Jewish writer as “ridiculous,” claiming that he “wrote from his heart, inwardly,” and “did not love his Jewishness.” Even were he to be considered a Jewish writer, she notes, the archives of countless Jewish authors are housed in countries other than Israel. While waiting for the verdict of her case, she takes scornful note of a newspaper headline about a lock of David Bowie’s hair going up for auction as though it were a religious relic. Eva Hoffe, despite being Brod’s heir, makes the case for treating the material legacy of great artists as ordinary, if valuable property against the quasi-mystical fetishization in which nation-states and individual followers of a personality cult are apt to indulge. ![]()
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