Kafka, Franz

1. An Austrian author of the early twentieth century. His works, written in German, have a surreal, dreamlike quality; they frequently concern characters who are lonely, tormented, and victimized and who represent the frustrations of modern life. He is the author of “The Metamorphosis” and The Trial .

Notes

A “kafkaesque” situation is both bizarre and frustrating.

Example Sentences

By those standards, Franz Kafka is an unscrupulous plagiarist as is Aaron Copland and every jazz great.

From The Daily Beast

His presentation unfolded as if it had been conjured by the dark fantasy of Franz Kafka.

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