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The Sons by Franz Kafka
Category: Classics
I have only one request," Kafka wrote to his publisher Kurt Wolff in 1913. "'The Stoker, ' 'The Metamorphosis, ' and 'The Judgment' belong together, both inwardly and outwardly. There is an obvious connection among the three, and, even more important, a secret one, for which reason I would be reluctant ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Classics
First published in 1935, The Trial is a classic story of totalitarianism, sadism, and hysteria. With a labyrinth of meanings, author Franz Kafka explores the dark lives of killers'
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Graphic Novels
Classis Franz Kafka in Manga style graphic novel.
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Classic
Presents a 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 ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Fiction | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Through tight dialogue and absurd settings Franz Kafka creates a maze-like prose to mimic the bureaucracy of early twentieth-century Germany, trapping his protagonist in an unlawful conviction that alters the path of his life. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Classic | Series: Evergreens Ser.
On his thirtieth birthday, the bank clerk Josef K. is suddenly arrested by mysterious agents for an unspecified crime. He is told that he will be set free, but must make regular appearances at a court in the attic of a tenement building while his trial proceeds. Although he never comes to know the parti ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The Trial (original German title: Der Process,later Der Prozess, Der Proceß and Der Prozeß) is a novel written by Franz Kafka from 1914 to 1915 and published in 1925. One of his best-known works, it tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Classic Fiction
'It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary' Rediscover Kafka's classic work of psychological horror. The Trial is the terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge abo ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
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. A nightmare vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regime ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Fiction
Josef K. awakes one morning to find himself arrested. The nature of his crime is not revealed to him, neither is the date of his trial. Despite his now criminal status, he is, however, granted the right to continue as normal, on the condition that he report to court on a regular basis. And so begins Jos ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Classic | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
When people use the adjective 'Kafkaesque', it is The Trial they have in mind - the nightmarish world of Joseph K., where the rules are hidden from even the highest officials, and any help there may be comes from unexpected sources. K. is never told what he is on trial for, and when he says he is innoce ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'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 ...Show more