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A terrifying 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, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life - including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door - becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.

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The Dante of the Twentieth Century -- W. H. Auden
This compelling, prophetic novel anticipates the insanity of modern bureaucracy and the coming of totalitarianism -- The Daily Telegraph
It is the fate and perhaps the greatness of that work that it offers everything and confirms nothing -- Albert Camus
It was Kafka who made me understand that one can write differently -- Gabriel García Márquez

The Trial

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    A Paperback / softback by Franz Kafka, Idris Parry, Idris Parry

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 2 July 2015
      ISBN-13 9780241197790
      978-0241197790
      ISBN-10 0241197791
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A terrifying 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, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life - including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door - becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.

      Trade Review
      The Dante of the Twentieth Century -- W. H. Auden
      This compelling, prophetic novel anticipates the insanity of modern bureaucracy and the coming of totalitarianism -- The Daily Telegraph
      It is the fate and perhaps the greatness of that work that it offers everything and confirms nothing -- Albert Camus
      It was Kafka who made me understand that one can write differently -- Gabriel García Márquez

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