✍︎ About the Author · Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was a German-language writer born in Prague in 1883. His fiction is known for placing ordinary characters inside unsettling situations governed by mysterious rules, distant authorities and a growing sense of helplessness. His best-known works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle. Much of his writing was published after his death in 1924, despite his request that unpublished manuscripts be destroyed. Kafka’s influence has been so extensive that the word “Kafkaesque” is now commonly used to describe absurd and oppressive systems.
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The Trial
by Franz Kafka
The Trial follows Josef K., a bank employee who is unexpectedly arrested one morning without being told what crime he has committed. Although he is initially allowed to continue his ordinary life, he soon becomes trapped in a confusing legal process whose rules, authorities and accusations remain impossible to understand. As Josef K. searches for answers, he encounters offices, officials, lawyers and institutions that appear both ordinary and deeply absurd. The more he attempts to gain control, the more powerless and isolated he becomes. Franz Kafka’s unfinished novel is a haunting exploration of bureaucracy, guilt, authority and uncertainty. Its strange logic and oppressive atmosphere have made The Trial one of the defining works of twentieth-century literature and a lasting symbol of the individual confronting an incomprehensible system.
- Genre
- Literary Fiction / Absurdist Fiction / Dystopian Themes
- Series
- Nu Voice Red Classics
- Binding
- Paperback
- Pages
- 250
- ISBN
- 978-93-80041-01-8
- Combo eligible
- Yes
✍︎ About the Author · Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was a German-language writer born in Prague in 1883. His fiction is known for placing ordinary characters inside unsettling situations governed by mysterious rules, distant authorities and a growing sense of helplessness. His best-known works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle. Much of his writing was published after his death in 1924, despite his request that unpublished manuscripts be destroyed. Kafka’s influence has been so extensive that the word “Kafkaesque” is now commonly used to describe absurd and oppressive systems.