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From its gripping first sentence onward, this novel exemplifies the term Kafkaesque. Its darkly humorous narrative recounts a bank clerk's entrapment in a bureaucratic maze, based on an undisclosed charge. Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested. From its gripping first sentence onward, this novel exemplifies the term Kafkaesque. Its darkly humorous narrative recounts a bank clerk's entrapment - based on an undisclosed charge - in a maze of nonsensical rules and bureaucratic roadblocks. Written in 1914 and published posthumously in 1925, Kafka's engrossing parable about the human condition plunges an isolated individual into an impersonal, illogical system. Josef K.'s ordeals raise provocative, ever-relevant issues related to the role of government and the nature of justice. This inexpensive edition of one of the 20th century's most important novels features an acclaimed translation by David Wyllie.Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications Inc.
ISBN-139780486470610
eBay Product ID (ePID)89706031
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Trial
AuthorFranz Kafka
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2009
Dimensions
Item Height210mm
Item Width132mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorFranz Kafka
Series TitleThrift Editions
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States