07-05-2014, 12:06 PM
Magda Hassan Wrote:Peter Lemkin Wrote:In Žižkov from 1912 to '17, Kafka and his family owned an asbestos factory at Bořivojova 27. Kafka hated working there and reportedly even thought of committing suicide. However, the Žižkov scenery provided inspiration for The Trial as the location of the courthouse is a description of the neighborhood.
I wonder if it wasn't some other asbestos related disease and not tuberculosis that he died from only 41 years old? I suppose it is all moot. Just wondering.
Could well be. Asbestosis was unknown at the time of his death and the symptoms are quite similar or overlapping.
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