
These dystopic, comedic, and ironic tales include T. Kafkaesque explores the fiction of generations of authors inspired by Kafka’s work.

Even those who have never read any of Kafka’s fiction describe their tribulations with the Department of Motor Vehicles as being Kafkaesque. Yet today he persists in our collective imaginations. You can drink a latte in the Café Kafka, add sugar to it from a packet with Kafka’s face on it, and then light your cigarette from a box of Kafka matches.įranz Kafka died in obscurity in 1924, publishing only a handful of bizarre stories in little-known literary magazines. The tourist shops of Prague sell dozens of items commemorating Franz Kafka.
