Der Prozess (German Edition)

Kafka, Franz

ISBN 10: 3596206766 / ISBN 13: 9783596206766

Published by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, 1985

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"The Trial." in the original German. ".the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officers who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information." A prophecy of the excesses of bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism. Printed on newsprint. Seller Inventory # 017057

Bibliographic Details

Title: Der Prozess (German Edition)

Publisher: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt/Main

Publication Date: 1985

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis:

Der Prozess Der Bankangestellte Josef K. wird eines Morgens von zwei Männern verhaftet und später verhört, ohne dass er wüsste, wessen er sich schuldig gemacht haben könnte. Er wird zwar gleich wieder auf freien Fuß gesetzt, doch lebt er fortan unter Anklage. Sein Prozess läuft, und Josef K. hat nicht die geringste Ahnung, wogegen er sich verteidigen könnte. Auf Drängen seines Onkels nimmt er sich einen Anwalt, den alten Advokaten Dr. Huld. Dieser hat viele Kontakte zum Gericht und ist überdies auf solch schwierige Fälle spezialisiert. Doch nicht einmal dieser Anwalt bekommt die Anklageschrift zu Gesicht; stattdessen bekommt er nur Gerüchte und Andeutungen der Gerichtsdiener und untersten Richter zu hören. Der Process (auch Der Proceß oder Der Prozeß, Titel der Erstausgabe: Der Prozess) ist neben Der Verschollene (auch unter dem Titel Amerika bekannt) und Das Schloss einer von drei unvollendeten und postum erschienenen Romanen von Franz Kafka

About the Author:

Franz Kafka was born to Jewish parents in Bohemia in 1883. Kafka s father was a luxury goods retailer who worked long hours and as a result never became close with his son. Kafka s relationship with his father greatly influenced his later writing and directly informed his Brief an den Vater (Letter to His Father). Kafka had a thorough education and was fluent in both German and Czech. As a young man, he was hired to work at an insurance company where he was quickly promoted despite his desire to devote his time to writing rather than insurance. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote a great number of stories, letters, and essays, but burned the majority of his work before his death and requested that his friend Max Brod burn the rest. Brod, however, did not fulfill this request and published many of the works in the years following Kafka s death of tuberculosis in 1924. Thus, most of Kafka s works were published posthumously, and he did not live to see them recognized as some of the most important examples of literature of the twentieth century. Kafka s works are considered among the most significant pieces of existentialist writing, and he is remembered for his poignant depictions of internal conflicts with alienation and oppression. Some of Kafka s most famous works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle.