Out of Kafka: Ruth Gross Appraises Franz Kafka’s “Dark and Wry” but Humorous World
An icon of dark existentialist literature, Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was the author of novels and short stories. Filled with themes of alienation, conflict, and oppression, his works inspired the adjective “Kafkaesque” to describe nightmarish experiences prevalent in his writings. Ruth V. Gross is Professor of German and...