The trial / Franz Kafka ; introduction by George Steiner ; translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir ; revised, and with additional material translated by E.M. Butler ; drawings by Franz Kafka.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: New York, NY : Schocken Books, ©1995.Edition: Definitive edDescription: xxi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0805210407
- 9780805210408
- Prozess. English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Joseph K. is suddenly arrested and must spend the rest of his life fighting a charge against him about which he can get no information.
The arrest -- Conversation with Frau Grubach -- Then Fräulein Bürstner -- First interrogation -- In the empty courtroom -- The student -- The offices -- Fräulein Bürstner's friend -- The whipper -- K.'s Uncle -- Loni -- Lawyer -- Manufacturer -- Painter -- Block, the tradesman -- Dismissal of the lawyer -- In the cathedral -- Appendix I The unfinished chapters -- On the way to Elsa 233 -- Journey to his mother 235 -- Prosecuting counsel 239 -- The house 245 -- Conflict with the assistant manager 250 -- A fragment 256 -- Appendix II The passages deleted by the author 257 -- To the first edition (1925) 264 -- To the second edition (1935) 272 -- To the third edition (1946) 274 -- Appendix IV Excerpts from Kafka's Diaries 275.