Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque is an adjective which is used to describe concepts, situations and ideas which are reminiscent of the literary work of Franz Kafka, particularly his novel The Trial and his short story The Metamorphosis. The term - which is quite fluid in definition - has also been described as "marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity: Kafkaesque bureaucracies" http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/Kafkaesque and "marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger: Kafkaesque fantasies of the impassive interrogation, the false trial, the confiscated passport . . . haunt his innocence - New Yorker." http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Kafkaesque

See also

• Orwellian