"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet."

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About Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka was a German-language writer from Prague whose fiction explored bureaucracy, alienation, and existential anxiety. Major works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial, and The Castle. His posthumously published novels and stories made him one of the defining writers of the 20th century.

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