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The trial

Kafka, Franz 1883-1924 (Author). Mitchell, Mike (Translator) (Added Author).

Summary: 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: 0199238294
ISBN: 9780199238293
ISBN: 0191570486
ISBN: 9780191570483
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxv, 191 pages)
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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.
Language Note:	Transl. from the German.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.