Essential Kafka (Wordsworth ed.)

Author: Franz Kafka

ISBN: 9781840227260

Binding: paperback

Section: Fiction

Like George Orwell, Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka's world, it is never completely clear just what the nightmare is. The Trial, where the rules are hidden from even the highest officials, maintains relentless disorientation. Still more enigmatic is The Castle. Finally, in his fables, Kafka deals in dark and quirkily humorous terms with the insoluble dilemmas of a world which offers no reassurance, and no reliable guidance.