The Trial -- Franz Kafka, Paperback

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka's death, The Trial is 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, The Trial has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.

Author: Franz Kafka
Publisher: Schocken Books Inc
Published: 03/28/1995
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.18w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780805210408

Review Citation(s):
Newsweek 02/23/2009 pg. 14

About the Author
Franz Kafka was born in 1883 in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including "The Metamorphosis," "The Judgment," and "The Stoker." He died in 1924, before completing any of his full-length novels. At the end of his life, Kafka asked his lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his unpublished work. Brod overrode those wishes.