Der Prozess ist einer von drei unvollendeten und postum erschienenen Romanen von Franz Kafka. Die Entstehungszeit dieses unvollendeten Werkes fiel mit pr�gnanten Ereignissen im Leben Kafkas zusammen. Mitte 1914 fand die Aufl�sung der Verlobung mit Felice Bauer statt. Dieses Ereignis war f�r Kafka mit einem starken Gef�hl des Angeklagt-Seins verbunden.Der Bankprokurist Josef K., wird zum 30. Geburtstages verhaftet, ohne sich einer Schuld bewusst zu sein. Vergeblich versucht er herauszufinden, weshalb er angeklagt wurde und wie er sich verteidigen k�nnte. Dabei st��t er auf ein f�r ihn nicht greifbares Gericht, dessen Kanzleien sich auf den Dachb�den gro�er �rmlicher Mietskasernen befinden. Josef K. versucht verzweifelt, Zugang zum Gericht zu finden, was misslingt. Er ger�t dabei immer tiefer in ein albtraumhaftes Labyrinth einer surrealen B�rokratie. Gleichzeitig dringt jedoch auch das Gericht immer mehr in Josef K.s Leben ein. Ob tats�chlich ein irgendwie gearteter Prozess heimlich voranschreitet, bleibt sowohl dem Leser als auch Josef K. verborgen.

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Franz Kafka was born to Jewish parents in Bohemia in 1883. Kafka s father was a luxury goods retailer who worked long hours and as a result never became close with his son. Kafka s relationship with his father greatly influenced his later writing and directly informed his Brief an den Vater (Letter to His Father). Kafka had a thorough education and was fluent in both German and Czech. As a young man, he was hired to work at an insurance company where he was quickly promoted despite his desire to devote his time to writing rather than insurance. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote a great number of stories, letters, and essays, but burned the majority of his work before his death and requested that his friend Max Brod burn the rest. Brod, however, did not fulfill this request and published many of the works in the years following Kafka s death of tuberculosis in 1924. Thus, most of Kafka s works were published posthumously, and he did not live to see them recognized as some of the most important examples of literature of the twentieth century. Kafka s works are considered among the most significant pieces of existentialist writing, and he is remembered for his poignant depictions of internal conflicts with alienation and oppression. Some of Kafka s most famous works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle.

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