The Trial (1967)

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The Trial (1967)
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Literature

The Trial (1967)

Franz Kafka
Edition year 1967
Binding PVC
Illustrator Nigel Lambourne
Translator Willa and Edwin Muir
Weight 0.75 Kg
Pages 220
Dimensions 22.5 × 13.9 cm

Edition details

The Trial by Franz Kafka, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, 41 photogrammes by Nigel Lambourne. Bound in full black PVC with a design in black, grey and orange, grey endleaves. Mottled grey slipcase. 22.5 x 13.9 cm. 220pp

About the book

Franz Kafka's The Trial follows Josef K., a respectable bank employee who is unexpectedly arrested one morning despite having committed no apparent crime. Although he remains free to continue his ordinary life, he becomes increasingly entangled in a mysterious legal system that refuses to explain either the charge against him or the nature of the proceedings. As Josef attempts to defend himself, he encounters lawyers, officials and strange courts operating according to incomprehensible rules. Kafka transforms his predicament into a disturbing exploration of bureaucracy, guilt, alienation and the individual's helplessness before an impersonal system of authority.

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