d creepily into the cultural imagination where it dozes away, scuttles about and makes the occasional bid for freedom. But what is the meaning of Franz Kafka's nightmarish tale? Is it an analysis of an identity crisis — or of adolescent awkwardness? Is it about family conflict — or the dehumanizing effect

d creepily into the cultural imagination where it dozes away, scuttles about and makes the occasional bid for freedom. But what is the meaning of Franz Kafka's nightmarish tale? Is it an analysis of an identity crisis — or of adolescent awkwardness? Is it about family conflict — or the dehumanizing effect

d creepily into the cultural imagination where it dozes away, scuttles about and makes the occasional bid for freedom. But what is the meaning of Franz Kafka's nightmarish tale? Is it an analysis of an identity crisis — or of adolescent awkwardness? Is it about family conflict — or the dehumanizing effect