num_pages: 255
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: 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: 306359
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
category: Breon Mitchell
publisher: Vintage