![]() In a few years time I will tackle this again and hopefully I will have greater success. ![]() There are so many ways you can interpret the metaphor of The Trial that I didn’t know what it could mean for me and instead of focusing on the book and thinking critically about all I was reading, interpreting the story for myself, I just kind of finished it and left myself in the dark. Perhaps it’s because I was so focused on ‘getting something’ out of this text that I didn’t get anything out of it. Didn’t happen, obviously that’s an unreal expectation for any work of art, but that’s the kind of daydream I have: that after reading a great work of literature I will have some sort of revelation. After hearing so much about Kafka (and the term ‘kafkaesque’) and falling in love with Kafka on the Shore, I thought upon finally reading one of Kafka’s greatest works I would have some sort of philosophical epiphany. I believe I set expectations too high for this novel and for myself. This is the first time I’ve ever read a book that I didn’t really understand at all! I know I didn’t not like it but I have no idea what to think. ![]() I’m not giving this a rating because (and I cringe to say this) it totally went over my head. ![]()
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