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Josef K. has no idea what he has been charged for and his nightmarish quest to find out why remains as powerful as ever.
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His characters struggle to find adequate nourishment.
An illustration from one of Kafka’s notebooks of a weary person at a desk.
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The author’s work and life were punctuated by illness and disability.
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From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Eyes Wide Shut, the spectre of Kafka hangs over the work of Stanley Kubrick.
Kafka’s creepy descendent.
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Watch The Shining after reading this and you may find that the Czech author haunts The Overlook Hotel just as much, if not more, than any of its regular spectral figures.