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The Trial: A New Translation Based on the Restored Text
By Franz Kafka
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By Franz Kafka
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Posthumously published in 1925, this short novel captures the confusion and distress of suffering persecution by an unseen, unknown and irresistible force. Blending reality and absurdity, violence and hope, this story has endured for a century for good reason.
A brilliant translation of one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, revealing a tale that is as full of energy and power as it was when it was first written. From the author of The Metamorphosis.
Written in 1914, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the e...
Written in 1914, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the e...
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