num_pages: 84
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: Karl K., Josef K., Leni, Titorelli, Albert K., Erna K., Willem, Herr Huld, Fräulein Elsa, Frau Grubach, Franz, Fräulein Bürstner, Rudi Block
genres: Classics, Philosophy, Dystopia, Novels, German Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Czech Literature
ratings_count: 306481
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
category: Breon Mitchell
publisher: Diesterweg