Franz Kafka

1883–1924

The nightmare told in the tone of a clerk's report. His horror is procedural, and therefore total.

AbsurdismAllegoryModernismNovelParableShort storyAlienationBodyBureaucracyFamilyFatherGuilt

The writings

Novella

Novella · 1915

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

The Metamorphosis

1915 · Modernism · Absurdism

Gregor Samsa wakes as an enormous insect and worries about his train.

Novel

Novel · 1925

The Trial

Franz Kafka

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

The Trial

1925 · Modernism · Allegory

Josef K. is arrested one morning without being told the charge.