Pithy Books: absurd https://pithybooks.com/tags/absurd/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “absurd”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:10 GMT The Trial by Franz Kafka: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/the-trial/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-trial/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Josef K. is arrested one morning on an unknown charge and pulled into an endless court he can never leave. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/catch-22/ https://pithybooks.com/books/catch-22/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Yossarian tries to survive Pianosa bombing runs while the catch traps him. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/the-metamorphosis/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-metamorphosis/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Gregor Samsa wakes as an insect, cannot go to work, and watches his family shift from shock to cold relief. The Stranger by Albert Camus: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/the-stranger/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-stranger/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Meursault buries his mother, kills a man on an Algiers beach, and faces trial for seeming to feel nothing.