| Author | Franz Kafka |
|---|---|
| Original title | Der Process |
| Genre | Philosophical |
| Publication date | 1925 |
| Rating | Click to rate this post! [Total: 1 Average: 5] |
The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: the terrifying story of Josef K., a respectable bank official who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge from which he can not obtain information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy coupled with the madness of totalitarianism, Kafka’s nightmare has resonated with a chilling truth for generations of readers.
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Book Summary
Strongly influenced by Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, Kafka even called Dostoyevsky a blood relative. Like the other Kafka novels, The Trial was never completed, although it does include a chapter that brings the story to an end. After the death of Kafka in 1924, his friend and literary executor Max Brod edited the text for publication by Verlag Die Schmiede. The original manuscript is in the Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach es Neckar, Germany. The first translation to English, by Willa and Edwin Muir, was published in 1937. In 1999, the book was included in the 100 books of the century of Le Monde and number 2 of the best German novels of the 20th century.
Book Review
Semantically accurate to an admirable degree, true to Kafka’s nuances, sensitive to the tempo of his sentences and the broader music of his paragraph construction. For the general reader or for the student, it will be the preferred translation for some time.
About The Author of The Book
Prague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as ” The Metamorphosis ” (1916), and posthumously published novels, including The Trial (1925), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world.
Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. People consider his unique body of incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature.
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