The trial : a new translation, based on the restored text

Kafka, Franz 1883-1924 (author.). Mitchell, Breon, (translator,, writer of preface.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780805209990
ISBN: 0805209999
Physical Description: print
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.