By summer 1914, during the early days of World War I, he had already written the first chapter of The Trial, followed immediately by the ending. The only aspect of his novel that is not shrouded in mystery seems to be the event that motivated Kafka, a man of great self-doubt, to begin penning the work. Kafka - one of the most influential writers of the 20th century Image: picture alliance/CPA Media A "trial" is how he later described the encounter.
On Jhe was ordered to travel from Prague to the Askanischer Hof hotel in Berlin to work out his engagement to the stenographer. Providing for a family would have meant giving up writing and reading his texts aloud to friends. The marriage would have sealed his fate as an office employee. For a long time, he had been unable to decide whether he should marry his fiancée, Felice Bauer. But what is he guilty of?Īuthor Franz Kafka was torn. Yet from this point on, Joseph is no longer a normal employee - he has been transformed into the accused. The "guards," who relay his arrest to him with unapologetic politeness, send him off to his regular job as a bank cashier.
The first sentence of Kafka's The Trial is one of the most famous opening sentences in world literature. "Somebody must have made a false accusation against Joseph K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong."
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