“It’s a peculiar apparatus,” said the Officer to the Explorer. In the Penal Colony is a haunting novella by Franz Kafka that explores themes of justice, power, and […]
Russian literature
Invitation to a Beheading
“Like a condemned man, I live between the last minute and the next.” Chapter 1: Arrest and Imprisonment Cincinnatus C., the protagonist, is sentenced to death for the […]
French literature
The Horla
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” – Hamlet (quoted in The Horla) May 8 The unnamed narrator begins […]