Kafka's The Trial

[ardcarp]

Having tried and failed to read this in the past (though have used 'Kafka-esque' quite promiscuously) I found yesterday's In Our Time persuaded me to reach it down from the shelf. I might even open it. New Year's Resolution, maybe?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pv8j1

If nothing else, it was a great resume of Kafka's background, life, limited writing career, and above all of his weird (unique?) subject matter.

[mercia]

... well if you don't get around to reading it, there's a dramatisation on 4Extra today

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04k6p4c

[Bryn]

For repeated listening () there was this, sadly no longer available.

[ardcarp]

Thanks mercia. I'm intrigued to know how it will be done. Jean, thanks for your link. I'm glad others have thought about it. Maybe 'dog Latin' was a lazy use on my part. I really meant that some people with a weak grasp of Latin (amongst which I include myself) mess about with gender and number in a cavalier way, e.g. referenda, memoranda. I think what I'm trying to say is, that once a Latin word has become so regularly used as to become part of the English language, we shouldn't fiddle around to make it behave in a Latin way again.

On a probably irrelevant note, my mother (of fond memory) became the first female mayor of her town, gold chain, Rolls Royce and all. She was something of a feminist but never sought to question her being addressed as 'Mister Mayor' by all and sundry! Hard to imagine nowadays. My father always joked about being 'The Mayoress'.

[jean]

...my mother (of fond memory) became the first female mayor of her town, gold chain, Rolls Royce and all. She was something of a feminist but never sought to question her being addressed as 'Mister Mayor' by all and sundry! Hard to imagine nowadays. My father always joked about being 'The Mayoress'.

Not so hard, actually!

[Honoured Guest]

... 'Kafka-esque' ...

or Kafkaesque or Kafkaesque or ... zzzzzzzzz?