The Trial (Protsess)

Franz Kafka was one of the major German-language writers of the 20th century, most of whose works were published posthumously. His works, permeated by absurdity and fear of the outside world and higher authority, and capable of arousing corresponding feelings of anxiety in the reader, are a unique phenomenon in world literature.

Kafka was born on 3 July 1883 into a Jewish family living in the Josefov district, the former Jewish ghetto of Prague (Bohemia at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire).…

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