This work presents a comparative reading of some of Franz Kafka’s (1883-1924) works together with those of the Marathi Writer, G. A. Kulkarni (1923-1987). Despite being literary creations of different times in history and of dissimilar socio-cultural milieus, there is a striking thematic similarity between the texts that one cannot ignore. The futile attempts of modern man at gaining absolute knowledge, at reaching a final destination, at arriving, and thus ...