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

Kafka, Franz 1883-1924 (Author). Mitchell, Breon. (Added Author).

Summary: A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis--an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life--including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door--becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.

Record details

ISBN: 9780805209990 (trade paperback)
ISBN: 0805209999 (trade pbk.)
Physical Description: xxvi, 276 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York : Schocken Books, 1998, c1925.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Written in 1914. First published in 1925.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276).
Language Note:	Translated from the German.