"The oppressive atmosphere of Kafka's works is caused by the simple fact that in these worlds there is no such thing as a good decision" (Fekete 2020, 163) Those reading Kafka for the first time may easily begin to perceive the world around them differently. They might become more sensitive to the greyness of bureaucratic conditions or to society’s disregard of common men, but they may sense alienation more intensely as well. The present feels so suffocating in these texts that the reader,...