Max Brod (left), a recognized writer at the time, relentlessly promoted the writings of his friend, Franz Kafka, played here respectively by David Kross and Joel Basman in the Austrian-German series ...

Definition of KAFKAESQUE (Merriam-Webster): of, relating to, or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings; especially : having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality. Kafka's genius ...

Man who emerges from German TV series is a far cry from myth of tortured artist alienated from his family and job The word “kafkaesque” has come to describe the sensation of powerlessness when dealing ...

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