The Trial

Author(s): Franz Kafka

Novel | Translated fiction | Czech Republic

First published in 1935, The Trial is a classic story of totalitarianism, sadism, and hysteria. With a labyrinth of meanings, author Franz Kafka explores the dark lives of killers'

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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"Kafka's 'legalese' is alchemically fused with a prose of great verve and intense readability." --James Rolleston, professor of Germanic languages and literatures, Duke University"Breon Mitchell's translation is an accomplishment of the highest order that will honor Kafka far into the twenty-first century."--Walter Abish, author of How German Is It

Franz Kafka was born in 1883 in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including "The Metamorphosis," "The Judgment," and "The Stoker." He died in 1924, before completing any of his full-length novels. At the end of his life, Kafka asked his lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his unpublished work. Brod overrode those wishes. Breon Mitchell has received the ATA German Literary Prize, among other translation awards. He is a professor of Germanic studies and comparative literature at Indiana University.

General Fields

  • : 9780805209990
  • : Schocken Books
  • : Schocken Books
  • : 0.23
  • : July 1999
  • : 201mm X 133mm X 17mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Franz Kafka
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
  • : 833.912
  • : 312
  • : Breon Mitchell