The Trial (2011) - Folio Society edition

The Trial (2011)

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The Trial (2011)
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Literature

The Trial (2011)

Franz Kafka
Edition year 2011
Binding Paper
Illustrator Bill Bragg
Translator Idris Parry
Weight 1 Kg
Pages xviii + 198
Dimensions 22.8 × 16 cm

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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