Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka was a Jewish Austrian-Czech novelist and writer from Prague who wrote in German.

Fox thought Kafka's work reminded her of the cockroaches that Hyena would shoot with rubber-bands. ("Leader of the Pack")

Real World Background

Kafka is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th Century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic, and 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. The term "Kafkaesque" has entered English to describe absurd situations like those depicted in his writing.

See Also

• Franz Kafka at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia