Tag Archives: Prague

The Trial

Posted on October 4, 2026 by Harry Katz

Franz Kafka’s novel The Trial tells the story of a man named Josef K who is arrested but never told why, and struggles against a monstrous, unjust bureaucracy which he can neither escape nor overcome. It’s as relevant today as it was when first published in 1925. Continue reading →

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Book Review: To the Castle and Back

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Harry Katz

In December 1989, when the Communist government was driven from power in Czechoslovakia, the crowds demonstrating in the squares of Prague chanted “Havel na Hrad!” or “Havel to the Castle!” They were calling for the playwright turned dissident Václav Havel … Continue reading →

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