The trial / Franz Kafka ; translated by Mike Mitchell ; with an introduction and notes by Ritchie Robertson.
Someone must have been telling tales about Josef K. for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.'A successful professional man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained. The mysterious court which conducts his trial is outwardly co-operative, but capable of horrific violence. Faced with this ambiguous authority, Josef K. gradually succumbs to its psychological pressure. He consults various advisers without escaping his fate. Was there some way out that he failed to see? Kafka's unfinished novel has been read as a study of.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780191570483
- ISBN: 0191570486
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxv, 191 pages).
- Publisher: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Biographical Preface; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Franz Kafka; THE TRIAL; Explanatory Notes. |
Target Audience Note: | 1150L Lexile |
Language Note: | Transl. from the German. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Trials > Fiction. Electronic books. |
Genre: | Electronic books. Fiction. |