The Trial: The Definitive Edition

Franz Kafka, (Introduction) George Steiner, (Translator) Willa Muir, (Translator) Edwin Muir, (Revisions) E.M. Butler

ISBN 10: 0805210407 / ISBN 13: 9780805210408

Published by Schocken Books, 1995

About this Item

(Definitive Edition). The terrifying tale of Joseph K., a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. One of the great novels in all of fiction, the Trial mesmerizes and haunts, as it foreshadows the excesses of (post-)modern bureaucracy, i.e., totalitarianism and the post 9/11 Patriot Act. 281p. Pap.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Trial: The Definitive Edition
• Publisher: Schocken Books
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805210407
• ISBN 13: 9780805210408
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • FICTION-GENERAL

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Synopsis

From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka's death, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information.

Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, The Trial has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.

About the Author

Franz Kafka was born in 1883 in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including "The Metamorphosis," "The Judgment," and "The Stoker." He died in 1924, before completing any of his full-length novels. At the end of his life, Kafka asked his lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his unpublished work. Brod overrode those wishes.