The main character of the novella, Gregor Samsa, is a provider for the family, which consists of the father – completely bankrupt resident of Prague, mother – an asthma patient, and sister Greta. In order to save the family from poverty, Gregor works for one of father`s loaners as a travelling cloth salesman. He is always on business trips and once, in between those trips, he sleeps at home. And in the morning he finds out, that something happened, that goes beyond the scope of human reason. He is turned into a vermin. Continue reading →

“The Castle”, written by Franz Kafka in 1922, falls into the category of the most significant and enigmatic philosophical novels of the XX century. In it, the writer raises an important theological problem of the path of the human being towards God. Containing literary traits of both modernism and existentialism, “The Castle” is, to the large extent, a metaphorical and even mythical work. The realities of life are present only so far: the artistic space of the novel is limited to The Village and The Castle overlooking it, the artistic time changes irrationally and without any explanation. Continue reading →

«The Trial», created by Franz Kafka at the beginning of the XX century, worries the minds of literary critics and film directors for a whole century. The piece, written in the unique literary style of modernism, «magical realism» and existentialism, analyses the classic problem of modern society — the conflict between a person and society. Continue reading →