The trial / Franz Kafka ; translated and with a preface by Breon Mitchell.
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TextPublication details: New York : Schocken Books : Distributed by Pantheon Books, c1998Description: ix, 276 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0805241655; 9780805241655; 0805209999 (pbk); 9780805209990Subject(s): Trials -- FictionGenre/Form: Allegories.DDC classification: 833 Online resources: Contributor biographical information Review: "Written in 1914, The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: 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, Kafka's nightmare has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers." "This new edition is based upon the widely acclaimed work of an international team of experts who have restored the text, the sequence of chapters, and their division to create a version that is as close as possible to the way the author left it."--BOOK JACKET.
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"A new translation, based on the restored text."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276).
"Written in 1914, The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: 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, Kafka's nightmare has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers." "This new edition is based upon the widely acclaimed work of an international team of experts who have restored the text, the sequence of chapters, and their division to create a version that is as close as possible to the way the author left it."--BOOK JACKET.
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