SO glad to be able to reuse this, one of UD‘s greatest post titles. The original post, from 2010, described Israel’s endless efforts to pry Kafka’s manuscripts out of the hands of Max Brod’s girlfriend’s daughters, who hoarded them or sold bits of them off.
A judge has now ruled that Israel gets them. They will be placed in a special library, and they will be scanned and put online. So we will all be able to read these new Kafka works.
October 16th, 2012 at 1:41AM
The ruling concludes a bitter fight for a horde of thousands of manuscripts… How about herding the horde into a hoard?
October 16th, 2012 at 3:55AM
I totally missed that, adam!
October 16th, 2012 at 8:48AM
OMG, and yes, I do mean OMG. I have a lifelong obsession with Kafka. This is so exciting. So exciting!
October 17th, 2012 at 6:32AM
I wonder if the papers will end up in the archives of the National Library in Jerusalem. I’ve got protekzia there.
October 17th, 2012 at 9:45AM
Janet: I think that’s exactly where they’re headed.