Seemingly overnight, Kafka’s novel has become our trial. Not terribly surprising, really, that for the cover of his novella The Metamorphosis, Kafka wished to show a door opening onto darkness.įew of his works, however, hinge more closely on doors than does The Trial. Doors open unto other doors, leading nowhere and communicating nothing. In his works, doors that stand open do not allow callers to pass through, doors that stand closed filter words and acts that those on the other side strain to understand. Jebavá’s farewell? After all, Kafka understood a thing or two about doors - namely that doors, whether they stand open or closed, block understanding. Was there a different and deeper meaning to Ms. “Thank you,” she signed off, “for your understanding.” The next day Barbara Jebavá, a museum administrator, replied that the museum’s doors would be closed until further notice. SOMEONE MUST HAVE slandered Josef K., for one morning without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.Ī few days ago, I contacted the Franz Kafka Museum in Prague to see if they were open.
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