Kafka menggambarkan betapa egoisnya manusia sekalipun itu berada dalam lingkungan keluarga sendiri. Ketika Gregor berubah wujud, begitu cepat keluarganya melupakan jasa Gregor yang telah menjadi tulang punggung perekonomian keluarganya. Gregor kini dianggapnya sebagai parasit dalam keluarga, padahal sebelumnya keluarga Gregorlah yang menjadi parasit dalam hidup Gregor. Kafka juga berbicara m…
Essential Kafka by Franz Kafka. Like George Orwell, Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka's world, it is never completely clear just what the nightmare is. The Trial, where the rules are hidden from even the highest officials, and if there is any help to be had, it will come from unexpected sources, is a chilling, blackly amusing tale that maintains, to the very e…
Written in 1914, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Kafka’s nightmare has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers