Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning. -The Trial, by Franz Kafka Thus begins one of the most disturbing and compelling novels I have ever read. It centres around a man who, even those he is
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Politics and its Discontents: We Could All Be Joseph K.
“Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.” – The opening sentence of Franz Kafka’s The Trial Having read The Trial many years ago, I remember being initially struck by the patent absurdity of the novel’s premise,
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