The Trial (Everyman's Library Classics)

Kafka, Franz

ISBN 10: 1857150759 / ISBN 13: 9781857150759

Published by Gardners Books, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Trial (Everyman's Library Classics)
• Publisher: Gardners Books
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857150759
• ISBN 13: 9781857150759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The story of the mysterious indictment, trial and reckoning forced upon Kafka’s Joseph K. is one of the twentieth century’s master parables which has influenced almost every major writer since. By rendering the absurd and the terrifying with scrupulous factual accuracy and evenness of tone, Kafka presents the world we recognize in a gripping narrative which is also a revelation of its hidden significance.

Review

A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis--an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life--including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door--becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.