This week's Tale is a short story from one of the great figures of 20th century literature, Franz Kafka.  "The Judgement" - written originally in German as "Der Urteil" - can also be translated as "The Verdict" and since its publication has defied a single, absolute interpretation.  As with all of Kafka's writing, this is a dark tale, infused with a nightmarish quality of feeling out of control.  There is indeed a judgement taking place here, but who is being judged, the father or the son?

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