Beneath them, now invisible, there were gravel paths with comfortable benches where K. The moonlight glittered and quivered in the water, which divided itself around a small island covered in a densely-piled mass of foliage and trees and bushes. This excludes Bern, the Protestant capitalįinally, most specifically of all, here's a quote from chapter 10 of The Trial itself (using the David Wyllie translation freely available here): Many or most of the inhabitants of that capital are Catholics since Names (Elsa, Karl, Leni, Hasterer, Biirstner, Rabensteiner) andįrom the name of the one and only street mentioned (JuliusstraBe). Where German is spoken, judging from the first names and family The following piece of evidence cuts down the possibilities a LOT: Respectfully kissing her hand (100) suggest more strongly the old
The phrase mit keinem Heller bezahlen (138) and theįact that Captain Lanz greets Miss Montag by bowing to her and lives in a country which is at peace and where law and What positive indications do we have about where it is rather than where it isn't?
But so far this is all negative evidence. Of stehen (90, 224) and sitzen (160) point to Southern GermanyĪnd Austria, but are indicative of Kafka's rather than K.'s countryĪs noted in the OP, we know that the setting isn't Italy or (more importantly) Germany. (48, 173), Verkühlung (223, 238), and the use of sein in the perfect Words, such as Elektrische (47), bloßfüßig However, there are various hints which we can piece together using close reading.įirst off, let's note something which may seem to be relevant evidence but actually isn't, and which is only apparent from the original German text rather than translations: All quotes below are from this article unless otherwise stated.Īs mentioned in the OP, there is little explicit information in the text indicating a precise location. 339-350 - available here if you have Jstor access. This answer is primarily based on Ignace Feuerlicht, "Omissions and Contradictions in Kafka's Trial", The German Quarterly 1967, 40(3), pp.
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