Processen
Author: Franz Kafka
Year of publication: 1925 (2001)
Plot summary: Josef K. is arrested, but is never told what the accusations are. So begins the long struggle against an anonymous authority which none seem to be able to escape once it has you in its grip.
I've tried reading this before once, but gave it up because I was so bored with it. This time I was more determined to go through with it, and I actually found it more interesting than previously. Still, it isn't exactly a comedy, and what's worse, the whole plot seems sort of pointless once you know the ending. On the other hand, my teacher revealed the ending before I read it, so perhap it had been less disappointing if I hadn't known beforehand what would happen. I've only read one other of Kafka's works, "I straffkolonien", and that impressed me more. I thought the cynism and critique would be more obvious than it was.
Year of publication: 1925 (2001)
Plot summary: Josef K. is arrested, but is never told what the accusations are. So begins the long struggle against an anonymous authority which none seem to be able to escape once it has you in its grip.
I've tried reading this before once, but gave it up because I was so bored with it. This time I was more determined to go through with it, and I actually found it more interesting than previously. Still, it isn't exactly a comedy, and what's worse, the whole plot seems sort of pointless once you know the ending. On the other hand, my teacher revealed the ending before I read it, so perhap it had been less disappointing if I hadn't known beforehand what would happen. I've only read one other of Kafka's works, "I straffkolonien", and that impressed me more. I thought the cynism and critique would be more obvious than it was.