Trial

Name: Trial
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ISBN: 9780805210408

ISBN-10: 0805210407

ISBN-13: 9780805210408

Edition: 1992

Authors: Franz Kafka, George Steiner, Willa Muir, Edwin Muir, E. M. Butler

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Written in 1914, The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: 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, Kafka's nightmare has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers. But until this edition, English-speaking readers have been able to read Kafka's masterpiece only in a translation of the 1925 German edition that was edited by Kafka's friend and literary executor, Max…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/28/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 5.18" wide x 7.93" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction






The Arrest


Conversation with Frau Grubach


Then Fraulein Burstner





First Interrogation





In the Empty Courtroom


The Student


The Offices





Fraulein Burstner's Friend





The Whipper





K.'s Uncle


Leni





Lawyer


Manufacturer


Painter





Block, the Tradesman


Dismissal of the Lawyer





In the Cathedral





The End



The Unfinished Chapters


On the Way to Elsa


Journey to His Mother


Prosecuting Counsel


The House


Conflict with the Assistant Manager


A Fragment



The Passages Delected by the Author



Postscripts



To the First Edition (1925)


To the Second Edition (1935)


To the Third Edition (1946)



Excerpts from Kafka's Diaries