The adjective kafkaesque comes from Franz Kafka and refers to the style with which he wrote his books, especially his nightmarish type of narration, in which characters lack a clear course of action, the ability to see beyond immediate events, and the possibility of escape. The term’s meaning has transcended the literary realm to apply to real-life occurrences and situations that are incomprehensibly complex, bizarre, or illogical.
Waking up and being a human sized insect but being able to fit under a regular door and subsequently kicked by your father. THAT’S Kafkaesque.
The school is so… Kafkaesque!
The system IS Kafkaesque.
