We have our own ideas about what is "kafkaesque", but I wanted to look it up to see how it is defined by others and it is actually in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The dictionary defines kafkaesque as "of, relating to, or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings; especially : having nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality." I just thought that summed up Kafka's voice and vision quite well.
I found this article in the NY times about "Kafkaesque" and how many believe it doesn't relate to the majority of his writing
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/11/books/critic-s-notebook-the-numerous-distortions-clouding-kafkaesque.html