Tag: absurd

4 books with this tag.

Often combined with: classics (4)

Franz Kafka · 1925

Josef K. is arrested one morning on an unknown charge and pulled into an endless court he can never leave.

2,318-word summary · 10 min read

Albert Camus · 1942

Meursault buries his mother, kills a man on an Algiers beach, and faces trial for seeming to feel nothing.

2,417-word summary · 11 min read

Franz Kafka · 1915

Gregor Samsa wakes as an insect, cannot go to work, and watches his family shift from shock to cold relief.

2,295-word summary · 10 min read

Joseph Heller · 1961

Yossarian tries to survive Pianosa bombing runs while the catch traps him.

3,764-word summary · 17 min read