The Trial
Published on 2. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-241-19779-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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The Dante of the Twentieth Century -- W. H. Auden This compelling, prophetic novel anticipates the insanity of modern bureaucracy and the coming of totalitarianism -- The Daily Telegraph It is the fate and perhaps the greatness of that work that it offers everything and confirms nothing -- Albert Camus It was Kafka who made me understand that one can write differently -- Gabriel Garcia MarquezMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-19779-0 (9780241197790)
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Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial, The Castle and Amerika, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod. Idris Parry was born in Wales in 1916. After war service he became a university teacher at Bangor, moving in 1963 to Manchester, where he was Professor of Modern German Literature, until he retired in 1977. Parry passed away in 2008. Idris Parry was born in Wales in 1916. After war service he became a university teacher at Bangor, moving in 1963 to Manchester, where he was Professor of Modern German Literature, until he retired in 1977. Parry passed away in 2008.