In the Penal Colony

Name: In the Penal Colony
Author: Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka

Story depicting an explorer witnessing the brutal execution method of a penal colony

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Franz Kafka

Czech-German novelist and short story writer whose profoundly influential works explore themes of alienation, existential dread, and bureaucratic oppression. His name gave rise to the adjective 'Kafkaesque' to describe nightmarish modern predicaments.

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