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LESSON 8 · A Literary World Tour

PAUSE TO THINK

What word entered global languages from Kafka?

Kafkaesque

**Kafkaesque** describes a situation that is absurdly complex, maze-like, and nightmarishly bureaucratic. Few authors give their name to an everyday adjective, but Kafka's vision was specific enough to need one.

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