"Somebody must have laid false information against Josef K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong." From this first sentence onwards, Josef K. is on trial for his right to exist in a novel which, more than any other, is infinitely perceptive about the nature of terror and the futility of human life.

'Somebody must have laid false information against Josef K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.' From this first sentence onwards, Josef K. is on trial for his right to exist in a novel which, more than any other, is infinitely perceptive about the nature of terror and the futility of human life.

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ISBN13: 9780141194714
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 178
Edition:
Publication Date: 28 Jun 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 17.9(H)x11.1(L)x1.3(W)118
Weight (gm): 118

Author Biography

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod.

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