Happy 130th Birthday, Franz Kafka!

[Charles Albert]

Gracious enough not to look at me and say -

*"Let's see,,,,,,Dad secured the US rights to Kafka in the 30s and Franz
died in 1924. Do the math, douche!

Now, about that mall in Seekonk........"*

Instead he spoke of his father being introduced to Max Brod who, I guess,
was trying to hustle up some bucks after the Nazis took the family
department stores.

love,
cfa

On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 12:09 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>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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