Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>On <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisDayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisDayInHistory</span></a> in 1924, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anarchist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchist</span></a> author <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FranzKafka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FranzKafka</span></a> died in Austria. Of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Czech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Czech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> origin, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kafka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kafka</span></a> is best known for the existential novella <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metamorphosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metamorphosis</span></a>, but his novel <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheTrial</span></a> remains a stunning condemnation of state <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bureaucracy</span></a> and its disconnect from us.</p>