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as in surreal
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as in incomprehensible
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Much like his success building houses in Muara Angke, Prabowo wants to sidestep Indonesia’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy with direct action.
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Charlie Campbell / Jakarta, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024
The film centers on Leopold Trepper, a World War II spy mastermind, who faced a Kafkaesque struggle in 1970s Poland.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Aug. 2024
Upon his Kafkaesque arrest and inexplicable 15-year imprisonment, Choi’s Oh Dae-su is an amnesiac hero in the vein of Jason Bourne, carrying the film by serving as a stand-in for any vengeful impulses that his audiences might harbor.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
More to Read Judge vacates conviction of man whose identity was stolen in ‘Kafkaesque’ case
April 11, 2024
A thief stole his identity, but nobody believed him.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
Many episodes circle around a scandal in Guantánamo’s history to draw out the brutally Kafkaesque nature of life on the inside.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 May 2024
Obsessed with procedure, reports, and committees, the bloc has always been a bogeyman for governments both inside and outside it, a symbol of constitutional overreach and Kafkaesque bureaucracy meant to frustrate earnest national politicians trying to help their citizens.
—Saim Saeed, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2019
Even at their most whimsical, in some ways, the film’s magical realist touches aren’t far off from the reality of the US immigration system, where Kafkaesque absurdities abound.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
This Kafkaesque situation risks other countries not wishing to remove flammable cladding, says Rein.
—Alex Christian, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2024
Charlie Campbell / Jakarta, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024
The film centers on Leopold Trepper, a World War II spy mastermind, who faced a Kafkaesque struggle in 1970s Poland.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Aug. 2024
Upon his Kafkaesque arrest and inexplicable 15-year imprisonment, Choi’s Oh Dae-su is an amnesiac hero in the vein of Jason Bourne, carrying the film by serving as a stand-in for any vengeful impulses that his audiences might harbor.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
More to Read Judge vacates conviction of man whose identity was stolen in ‘Kafkaesque’ case
April 11, 2024
A thief stole his identity, but nobody believed him.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
Many episodes circle around a scandal in Guantánamo’s history to draw out the brutally Kafkaesque nature of life on the inside.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 May 2024
Obsessed with procedure, reports, and committees, the bloc has always been a bogeyman for governments both inside and outside it, a symbol of constitutional overreach and Kafkaesque bureaucracy meant to frustrate earnest national politicians trying to help their citizens.
—Saim Saeed, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2019
Even at their most whimsical, in some ways, the film’s magical realist touches aren’t far off from the reality of the US immigration system, where Kafkaesque absurdities abound.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
This Kafkaesque situation risks other countries not wishing to remove flammable cladding, says Rein.
—Alex Christian, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2024
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