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The Trial - Franz Kafka

What the hell is this? I just finished it and didn’t like it. Why is it on so many lists of ‘must reads’? I read metamorphosis last week and enjoyed it but have no idea why The Trial is valued in any way?

Any insight is appreciated

inb4 u r pleb

>> No.13465830

>>13465784
Google expressionism

>> No.13465858

>>13465784
He created a unique sense of being lost in the gigantic machine that is the beaurocracy, although it could work more generally. The feelings of paranoia, restlessness, fatigue all contribute to the atmosphere, from which the word kafkaesque got its origin.

>> No.13465860

>>13465830
>expressionism
I get this with Metamorphosis. Was the trial trying to convey paranoia? Or maybe prejudice?

I also found the women in the novel to be pointless. Characters that were hopelessly attracted to K instantly and for no reason

>> No.13465895

>>13465860
He described the psychological state of the character. Notice how we never know why he's being punished. He's in denial. The corridors are not really small, they are probably of a reasonable architectural height and the trial room wasn't really that crowded, it probably had enough space.

You can read it at as a description of how the system treats the individual, but for me that's just lazy. I despise when people use a book to make an argument against the system/society.

>> No.13465975

>>13465895
Yeah its a psychological book, not a political treatise lmao

>> No.13466039

IT WAS ALL A DREAM

>> No.13466060

Kafka was a lawyer, he was critiquing the judicial system.

>> No.13466169

>>13465975
No, it's a book about humans existence and their relation to god

>> No.13466184

>>13465784
Was Kafka an Evangelion fan?

>> No.13466588

c'mon, it's fucking hilarious lmao

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>> No.13466654

Off topic but I started reading Kafkas America today. Is it just a very grotesque comedy or am I missing something?