Kafka

[ kahf-kah, -kuh ]

/ ˈkɑf kɑ, -kə /

noun

Franz

[frahnts] /frɑnts/, 1883–1924, Austrian novelist and short-story writer, born in Prague.

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Examples from the Web for kafka

Melville may be the most famous example, but Kafka, Kate Chopin, and many others followed a similar trajectory.
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The great Mann disappointed her; instead of Kafka and Tolstoy, he wanted to know what she thought of Hemingway.
Still Desperately Seeking Susan Sontag|Allen Barra|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The defendants watched from within a steel-mesh cage in what often seemed a grim scene from Kafka or the theater of the absurd.
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I knew about him a little before I went to graduate school, and there I really immersed myself in his stories, and in Kafka.
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Magnitsky again testified, with a result right out of Kafka.
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The Wanderer, still anxious for the man's safety, would have taken his place, but Kafka turned upon him almost defiantly.
The Witch of Prague|F. Marion Crawford
"Ah—she told me that you hated her," said Kafka, turning his dark eyes to his companion.
The Witch of Prague|F. Marion Crawford
A few moments later the carriage stopped at the door of Kafka's lodging.
The Witch of Prague|F. Marion Crawford
If she could not have what she longed for, she cared as little what became of her as she cared for Kafka's own fate.
The Witch of Prague|F. Marion Crawford
Kafka faced her resolutely, his eyes on fire, the rich colour mantling in his cheeks.
The Witch of Prague|F. Marion Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for kafka

Kafka

/ (ˈkæfkə, Czech ˈkafka) /

noun

Franz (frants). 1883–1924, Czech novelist writing in German. In his two main novels The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926), published posthumously against his wishes, he portrays man's fear, isolation, and bewilderment in a nightmarish dehumanized world

Derived Forms

Kafkaesque (ˌkæfkəˈɛsk), adjective

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