num_pages: 208
description: 'Somebody must have laid false information against Josef K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.' From this first sentence onwards, Josef K. is on trial for his right to exist in a novel which, more than any other, is infinitely perceptive about the nature of terror. Idris Parry introduces his remarkable translation with an essay in which he points to the autobiographical elements in The Trial, in particular Kafka's broken engagement to Felice Bauer.
language: English
title: The Trial
titlecomplete: The Trial
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: 306428
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
category: Breon Mitchell
publisher: Penguin Books