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From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis: Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, The Trial has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.
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The Trial, Franz Kafka
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- Released
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- Title
- The Trial
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Franz Kafka
- Publisher
- Schocken Books
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0805210407
- ISBN13
- 9780805210408
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, German Literature, Society, Guilt, Court, Court Trials, Existentialism, Judges, Absurdity, Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bureaucracy, Central European Literature
- First published
- 1925
- Original title
- Der Process
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis: Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, The Trial has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.