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The Trial
Franz Kafka
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Description for The Trial
Paperback. Presents a terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. This book is a vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes. Translator(s): Muir, Edwin; Muir, Willa. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
‘It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary’
Rediscover Kafka's classic work of psychological horror.
The Trial is the terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. A nightmare vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the insanity of twentieth-century totalitarianism has resonated with readers for generations.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PHILLIPE SANDS
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099428640
SKU
V9780099428640
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About Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was born into a Jewish family in Prague. In 1906 he received a doctorate in jurisprudence, and for many years he worked a tedious job as a civil service lawyer investigating claims at the State Worker's Accident Insurance Institute. He never married, and published only a few slim volumes of stories during his lifetime. Meditation, a collection ... Read more
Reviews for The Trial
It is the fate and perhaps the greatness of that work that it offers everything and confirms nothing
Albert Camus The Dante of the Twentieth Century
W. H. Auden No other voice has borne truer witness to the dark of our times
George Steiner
Albert Camus The Dante of the Twentieth Century
W. H. Auden No other voice has borne truer witness to the dark of our times
George Steiner