The book itself is unfinished.Īnd that's what makes it brilliant. In the Trial one always feels a looming sense of an end, and by the time Josef reaches the cathedral it's easier to tell that he's closer to finding peace in his futility. K is told that there is no surveyor work for him to do and it could have either been a mix up from a list of potential mixups or merely an incomprehensible strategy from the Castle to hire him. But here, it's even more impactful, because there's a sense that there will be no conclusion, no end. The book dotes and dwells on dialogue with minimal plot progression - which Kafka always does beautifully. One of the things this book does best is to remind you how little actually happens, one of Kafka's specialities. (I'm going to assume you haven't read them yet so I'm going to try my best to not mention later chapters)
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