num_pages: 217
description: Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, 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 excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, The Trial has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.
language: German
title: Der Prozess
titlecomplete: Der Prozess
characters: Willem, Albert K., Rudi Block, Herr Huld, Titorelli, Franz, Fräulein Elsa, Josef K., Erna K., Frau Grubach, Karl K., Fräulein Bürstner, Leni
genres: Fiction, Philosophy, German Literature, Literature, Czech Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Dystopia
ratings_count: 306477
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
category: Breon Mitchell
publisher: Heinemann