Kafka på kontoret

Franz Kafka: The Office Writings brings together, for the first\ntime in English, Kafka's most interesting professional writings,\ncomposed during his years as a high-ranking lawyer with the largest\nWorkmen's Accident Insurance Institute in the Czech Lands of the\nAustro-Hungarian Empire. (...)

These documents include articles on workmen's compensation and\nworkplace safety; appeals for the founding of a psychiatric hospital\nfor shell-shocked veterans; and letters arguing relentlessly for a\nsalary adequate to his merit. In adjudicating disputes, promoting\nlegislative programs, and investigating workplace sites, Kafka's\nwritings teem with details about the bureaucracy and technology of his\nday, such as spa elevators in Marienbad, the challenge of the\nautomobile, and the perils of excavating in quarries while drunk.