Franz Kafka quote about time from The Trial - The first thing he saw in the small room was a large clock on the wall which already showed ten o'clock.
pick facebookpinterest picture source

The first thing he saw in the small room was a large clock on the wall which already showed ten o'clock.
 Franz Kafka, The Trial (1925). copy citation

edit
Author Franz Kafka
Source The Trial
Topic time room clock
Date 1925
Language English
Reference
Note Translated by David Wyllie
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7849/pg7849-images.html

Context

“As he reached the fifth floor, he decided to give up the search, took his leave of a friendly, young worker who wanted to lead him on still further and went down the stairs. But then the thought of how much time he was wasting made him cross, he went back again and knocked at the first door on the fifth floor. The first thing he saw in the small room was a large clock on the wall which already showed ten o'clock. "Is there a joiner called Lanz who lives here?" he asked. "Pardon?" said a young woman with black, shining eyes who was, at that moment, washing children's underclothes in a bucket. She pointed her wet hand towards the open door of the adjoining room.” source

Meaning and analysis

write a note
report