Happy 130th Birthday, Franz Kafka!

[David Morris]

Nice prologue, really so. But no story after? How gracious was he...

On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, Charles Albert wrote:

> Damnedest thing....
>
> I gotta do a due diligence office visit last month in NYC. It's a real
> estate deal sponsored by a relatively small group headed by a guy whose
> father was a literary agent. Son runs the agency business on the same floor
> as the real estate thingy, and has been very successful in both ventures.
> Clients include Dan Brown and Nelson DeMille.
>
> Turns out dad specialized in representing foreign authors in the US
> beginning in the 30s........
>
> I had the privilege of meeting the principal during my visit.....I was
> really supposed to talk real estate, but I asked if he would instead
> indulge me by explaining how his father wound up representing Franz Kafka
> in the US. He couldn't have been more gracious.....
>
>
> love,
> cfa
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'against.the.dave at gmail.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka
>>
>>
>> http://www.premier-football-news.net/world-news/franz-kafka-130th-birthday-3th-july-2013-2991.html
>>
>
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