first edition by Max Brod, first publication at all
German language
Published Aug. 11, 1925 by Verlag Die Schmiede.
Das Buch war gar nicht schlecht und war sicherlich bedeutungsvoll, aber es koste mich trotzdem ziemlich viel Mühe, dadurch zu geraten. Deswegen berate ich es nur mit zwei Sternen.
I can see why people look at Kafka's work and can see a germ of fascism. The most chilling part of his writing is the relentless unstoppable nature of the forces involved. It is the perfect form of the unacountable, authoritarian state. A world so tied up in red tape it doesn't matter who's in charge, and even if it did there would be no way to change anything anyway.
Enjoyable in it's own, grimly farsical way.
