A real treat for bibliophiles: An Israeli judge has rejected a request for a gag order on a box of manuscripts by Franz Kafka, which is said to include a handwritten short story that has never been published. The documents are owned by Eva Hoffe, an Israeli woman who is the daughter of Esther Hoffe, who served as the secretary to Kafka’s close friend Max Brod. Everything in the box will be published except Esther Hoffe's personal items. Academics are particularly interested in the handwritten manuscript since Brod edited Kafka’s other publications.
Read it at Haaretz
