Franz Kafka was an influential Austrian and Czech author whose literature frequently portrays isolated individuals struggling against absurd bureaucratic forces. His most famous works, including The Metamorphosis and The Trial, blend realism with surrealism to explore themes of alienation and guilt. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Prague, he balanced a career in insurance law with a private, intensive dedication to writing. Although he requested that his unpublished manuscripts be destroyed after his death, his friend Max Brod preserved them, leading to Kafka’s posthumous global fame. Today, his legacy ...