The Trial

Informationen zum Autor Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial , The Castle and Amerika , were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Klappentext

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.