num_pages: 256
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: English
title: The Trial
titlecomplete: The Trial
characters: Titorelli, Albert K., Franz, Willem, Fräulein Elsa, Leni, Karl K., Rudi Block, Josef K., Erna K., Herr Huld, Fräulein Bürstner, Frau Grubach
genres: Dystopia, Czech Literature, Literary Fiction, German Literature, Philosophy, Classics, Novels, Fiction, Literature, 20th Century
ratings_count: 306630
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
category: Breon Mitchell
publisher: Schocken Books