When Pain Becomes Literature — and How We Can Heal It Today

📖 I read this book by Annie Ernaux in one sitting the other day. And, curiously, it mentioned this Kafka book that was already sitting on my shelf, chosen as my next read.

I have a love-hate relationship with Kafka's works. They are both wonderful and exasperating. The Trial and The Metamorphosis leave me especially desperate — because of the lack of answers, the absence of logic, and the loss of rights experienced by the protagonists.

This book explains everything. It all starts with the parents — not only who they are for us, but also how we see them.Kafka couldn't free himself from the internal prison he built, blaming both himself and his father.He gifted us with incredible literature because of it, but lived a tormented and short life.

Through the lens of who I am today, I can only think about how much of this could be healed through systemic constellations. By honoring the parents exactly as they are (and were), breaking unconscious cycles, and evolving the entire family system, true liberation becomes possible — for everyone.