Kafka letter, in which he says he can no longer write, goes to auction


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Tourists look at a statue of famous German-language writer Franz Kafka in central Prague. Photo: Reuters

A letter from Franz Kafka in which he tells a friend he can no longer write is being offered at auction 100 years after his death, with an estimate of up to US$114,000 (RM537,738).

Kafka, one of the 20th century's greatest writers, known for works such as The Trial and The Metamorphosis, wrote the letter to Austrian poet and publisher Albert Ehrenstein, in what is believed to be a response for a request to contribute to literary journal Die Gefahrten.

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