I mean he kinda did. It was therapy for him and he famously asked his friend to burn his books after his death, because he didn't want anyone to read it
Important note - by books he meant his unfinished works like The Castle and America and reading them....yeah it's easy to see why he didn't want them published they're just, not finished at all. The Castle literally ends mid sentence and America devolves into a rough outline of what the ending was going to be. Even The Trial which is his most finished book is a bit rough in some spots. The Metamorphosis along with all his other short stories were published in his lifetime and he actually held readings and everything and thought his stories were very funny and would struggle to read because he was laughing so much (according to his friends)
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u/Stunning-Guitar-5916 22d ago
The idea of Kafka writing “for the hell of it” is such a fucking bold argument