The Trial by Franz Kafka: A Masterpiece of Modern Literature Exploring Power, Bureaucracy, and Existential Struggle (Grapevine Edition)

The Trial by Franz Kafka: A Masterpiece of Modern Literature Exploring Power, Bureaucracy, and Existential Struggle (Grapevine Edition) - Paperback

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The Trial by Franz Kafka: A Masterpiece of Modern Literature Exploring Power, Bureaucracy, and Existential Struggle (Grapevine Edition)

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Book Overview

Step into the surreal and unsettling world of Franz Kafka's The Trial, a masterpiece of modern literature that delves into the absurdity of power, bureaucracy, and human existence. First published in 1925, this gripping novel follows Josef K., a bank employee who is arrested one morning without explanation or evidence and plunged into a bewildering and opaque judicial system.

As Josef K. struggles to navigate the surreal and oppressive legal proceedings, Kafka explores profound themes of guilt, innocence, alienation, and the dehumanizing effects of bureaucracy. Through Kafka's vivid and haunting prose, readers are immersed in a story that is as thought-provoking as it is chilling.

A timeless commentary on authority, control, and existential uncertainty, The Trial remains one of the most influential works of the 20th century and a must-read for lovers of literary fiction, philosophy, and psychological drama.

ISBN9789363113756
Author Franz Kafka
PublisherGrapevine
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages126
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Franz Kafka

Stanley Corngold is a professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at Princeton. He has published widely on modern German writers and thinkers (Nietzsche, Musil, Kraus, Mann, Benjamin, Adorno, among others), but for the most part he has been translating and writing on the work of Franz Kafka. In 2011 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

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