literary character

[northward]

which literary character wakes up on his 30th birthday to find himself arrested for unspecified crime and dies on eve of this 31st birthday

[Mr Veritas]

Franz Kafka "The Trail"
See here for the plot:~

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial

[Mr Veritas]

Sorry
"The Trial"
Well,it's late! LOL!

[slinkycat]

Bit odd, Kafka, genius or unhinged?! Read Metamorphosis years ago and this post reminded me of it, must read again and will give The Trial a go

[Mr Veritas]

slinky,
I wish you well.
Kafa is not bad(although still difficult) when dramatised;but to read?
Too hard for me.
A bit like finding anyone who has read Joyce's Ulysses?
If you disappear from AB for an extended period,I will know what you are up to? LOL

[slinkycat]

ha ha Mr Veritas, I can see the headline "woman found dead,imploded due to overuse of Kafka"! Must admit I have bought certain classics which I thought I should read, and which are now gathering dust on my bookshelf, does anyone want a virtually unused copy of the Gulag Archipeligo?!