FILE - In this file photo taken on Oct. 5, 2014, a library official shows celebrated author Franz Kafka’s Hebrew vocabulary notebook at Israel’s National Library in Jerusalem. A long-hidden trove of unpublished works by Franz Kafka could soon be revealed following a decade-long battle over his literary estate that has drawn comparisons to some of his surreal tales. But the Swiss ruling would complete the acquisition of nearly all his known works, after years of lengthy legal battles over their rightful owners. The saga could have been penned by Kafka himself, whose name has become known as an adjective to describe absurd situations involving inscrutable legal processes. “There is something about the uncanny aura of Kafka that is attracted to all this.”____Follow Heller at www.twitter.com/aronhellerap .

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2019 06:26 UTC