"The Trial" by Franz Kafka is a novel about a man named Josef K., a regular bank worker whose life takes a shocking turn when he is arrested for an unknown crime. The story follows Josef as he tries to understand why he was arrested, even though no one will tell him what he did wrong. He has strange encounters with police, his landlady, and a mysterious supervisor, all while trying to live his life as normally as possible. The book shows Josef's confusion and anger as he deals with a confusing system, and the story explores what it's like to feel alone, the ridiculousness of complicated rules, and the struggle to find justice in a world.
The Trial
By Franz Kafka
A man's ordinary life is shattered when he's arrested for a crime he doesn't know, sending him on a quest for answers within a nightmarish legal system.
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About the AuthorFranz Kafka was an Austrian-Czech novelist and writer from Prague. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature; he wrote in German. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers. It has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include the novella The Metamorphosis and the novels The Trial and The Castle. The term Kafkaesque has entered English to describe absurd situations like those depicted in his writing.
Franz Kafka was an Austrian-Czech novelist and writer from Prague. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature; he wrote in German. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers. It has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include the novella The Metamorphosis and the novels The Trial and The Castle. The term Kafkaesque has entered English to describe absurd situations like those depicted in his writing.
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