num_pages: 281
description: The Trial tells the terrifying tale of Joseph K., a respectable functionary in a bank who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy, this hauntingly believable story stands out as one of the great novels of our times. Kafka's unsurpassed nightmare vision rings with chilling truth as it foreshadows the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes.This definitive edition includes Kafka's own drawings, as well as excerpts from his diaries during the period in which he wrote The Trial.
language: English
title: The Trial
titlecomplete: The Trial
characters: Karl K., Erna K., Franz, Rudi Block, Fräulein Bürstner, Titorelli, Frau Grubach, Josef K., Albert K., Leni, Willem, Fräulein Elsa, Herr Huld
genres: 20th Century, Philosophy, Dystopia, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, German Literature, Classics, Fiction, Czech Literature
ratings_count: 306362
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
category: Breon Mitchell
publisher: Schocken Books