[kahf-kah, -kuh] 
| Franz [frahnts] , 1883–1924, Austrian novelist and short-story writer, born in Prague. |
| Kaf·ka (käf'kə, -kä) Austrian writer whose stories, such as "The Metamorphosis" (1916), and novels, including The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world. |
An Austrian author of the early twentieth century. His works, written in German, have a surreal, dreamlike quality; they frequently concern characters who are lonely, tormented, and victimized and who represent the frustrations of modern life. He is the author of “The Metamorphosis” and The Trial.
Note: A “kafkaesque” situation is both bizarre and frustrating.
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