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In German we got the word "kafkeask" to capture that sensation. That also says something about his impact as an author.
by 5tefan 5y ago
In German we got the word "kafkeask" to capture that sensation. That also says something about his impact as an author.
- leephillips 5y agoThat may be equivalent to “Kafkaesque” in English. But it’s not the same thing, quite. Among English speakers, the term is used almost exclusively by people who have never read Kafka, and refers vaguely to some situation of bureaucratic morass. EDIT: My “Kafka sensation” is an eerie feeling that one is confronted with a clinically exact description of a routine reality that, although it surrounds us always, is never spoken of, because it is too terrifying to confront.
- 5tefan 5y agoYour edit is close to what it means in German. I would expand with strange and absurd and kind of intangible yet clearly present. Well... it is difficult with words. Different meanings for different readers.