KAFKA’S ‘THE METAMORPHOSIS’ first publication in Die Weissen Blatter in 1915. (credit: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL) The revered status may, for many, render Kafka’s work unapproachable.

It commemorated not only a century since Franz Kafka’s passing but also the deposit of Max Brod ’s estate at the National Library of Israel, following a protracted legal battle.