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As well as Beckett, Kafka seems never far - Brick's situation pretty well fits popular understandings of the word kafkaesque (the second time I've (mis) used it this week) - and the echo in the name of Brill's granddaughter, Katya, is hardly accidental.
Brit Lit Blogs 2008
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As well as Beckett, Kafka seems never far - Brick's situation pretty well fits popular understandings of the word kafkaesque (the second time I've (mis) used it this week) - and the echo in the name of Brill's granddaughter, Katya, is hardly accidental.
Brit Lit Blogs 2008
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As well as Beckett, Kafka seems never far - Brick's situation pretty well fits popular understandings of the word kafkaesque (the second time I've (mis) used it this week) - and the echo in the name of Brill's granddaughter, Katya, is hardly accidental.
Brit Lit Blogs 2008
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The ruling has the art world's appropriators reeling—one blogger called the ruling "kafkaesque"—as the rarefied, anything-goes realm of conceptual art runs up against the hard-nosed realities of intellectual-property rights.
When Appropriation Masquerades as Reconceptualized Art Eric Felten 2011
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“France is definitely alone in the world with its kafkaesque administrative machinery, an expensive mechanism for arbitrary punishment,” said La Quadrature du Net.
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Listening to the bank explain how it missed even the simplest safeguards (having a signature card for example) was kafkaesque.
Ranking Corporate America on Identity Theft - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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“France is definitely alone in the world with its kafkaesque administrative machinery, an expensive mechanism for arbitrary punishment,” said La Quadrature du Net.
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Something like that kafkaesque enough for you Jim?
Britain's Shame regarding Gary MacKinnon Jeff 2009
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This is kafkaesque and people wonder why they can't stand dems.
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Let's talk about ways to eliminate conflict, so this ridiculous kafkaesque environment ends some day.
whichbe commented on the word kafkaesque
Franz Kafka’s porn brought out of the closet
August 11, 2008
tankexmortis commented on the word kafkaesque
Interesting article, whichbe. I gotta wonder what idiot started the idea of Kafka's supposed "saintly image" - did they ever actually read his work?
August 11, 2008
yarb commented on the word kafkaesque
The article refers to Kafka as "the literary Kafkaesque genius". Was it written by Weirdnet?
August 11, 2008
seanahan commented on the word kafkaesque
Kafka? Who's Kafka? TELL ME!
August 12, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word kafkaesque
Other possible adjectives.
August 26, 2008