Franz Kafka Quotes


That's how it will be, except that in reality, both today and later, one will stand there with a palpable body and a real head, a real forehead, that is, for smiting on with one's hand.


Citations

Kafka, Franz. The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1910-1913. Edited by Max Brod, translated by Joseph Kresh, Schocken Books, 1948, p. 290.

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Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
  • Born: July 3, 1883
  • Died: June 3, 1924
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Novelist, Short Story Writer, Insurance Officer

Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers. It has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include "Die Verwandlung" ("The Metamorphosis"), Der Process (The Trial), and Das Schloss (The Castle). The term Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe situations like those found in his writing.