The trial : a new translation, based on the restored text / Franz Kafka ; translated and with a preface by Breon Mitchell.
"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"--Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780805209990
- ISBN: 0805209999
- Physical Description: xxvi, 276 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Schocken Books, [1998]
- Distributor: New York : Distributed by Pantheon Books, [1998]
- Copyright: ©1998
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-276). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction / George Steiner -- The arrest -- Conversation with Frau Grubach, then Fraulein Burstner -- First interrogation -- In the empty courtroom ; The student ; The offices -- Fraulein Burstner's friend -- The flogger -- The uncle ; Leni -- Lawyer ; Manufacturer ; Painter -- Block, the merchant ; Dismissal of the lawyer -- In the cathedral -- The end -- Fragments : B.'s friend ; Public prosecutor ; To Elsa ; Struggle with the vice-president ; The building ; Journey to his mother -- The life of Franz Kafka. |
Language Note: | In English; translated from German. |
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Subject: | Trials > Fiction. Trials. Germany > Fiction. Germany. |
Genre: | Allegories. Fiction. Allegories. Allegories. |
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Summary:
"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"--Back cover.