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Mentioned in 3 episodes

Das Schloss

Book • 1926
The novel follows the protagonist, K., a land surveyor who arrives in a village governed by a mysterious bureaucracy operating from a castle.

Despite claiming to have been summoned by the castle authorities, K. faces continuous obstacles and bureaucratic hurdles as he tries to contact the castle official Klamm and clarify his role.

The story explores themes of alienation, unresponsive bureaucracy, and the futile pursuit of an unobtainable goal.

Kafka died before completing the novel, which was posthumously published against his wishes by his friend Max Brod.

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Mentioned in 3 episodes

Mentioned as the author who poignantly processed the suffering of people in the clutches of bureaucracy.
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Bürokratiemonster und Paragrafendschungel - Verwaltung in Zeiten der Kettensägen
Markus Lanz und Richard David Precht diskutieren Kafkas Popularität bei der Gen Z und vergleichen das Lebensgefühl der Jugend mit dem Kafkas.
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AUSGABE 153 (Von Kafka bis KI)
Im Podcast erwähnt im Zusammenhang mit seinen Figuren, die als müde dargestellt werden.
Von der Müdigkeit - Wenn der Körper erschöpft ist
Erwähnt von Marjorie Perloff im Kontext der multiethnischen Städte des Habsburgerreichs.
Die verschwundene Austromoderne nach 1938 – #555

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