The Trial

In the end, out of nothing at all, an enormous fabric of guilt will be conjured up.

One morning Josef K. is arrested for a crime he did not commit. In fact, he is never even told the nature of the offense. His life is thrown into turmoil as he becomes enmeshed in a struggle to prove his innocence. As the confounding case unfolds, K. is ultimately powerless - battling against a remote and uncaring bureaucracy.

This striking hardback edition features a new translation by Isabel Tucker. Due to its posthumous publication, The Trial 's original text is largely unedited and Tucker emends certain details while retaining the enigmatic and surreal style which marks Kafka's brilliance.

Filled with psychological tension and disconcerting parallels with the modern world, The Trial is a dystopian masterpiece by one of the greatest writers in the German-language.

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Franz Kafka is one of the leading figures of 20th century literature, renowned for both his short stories and novels.

The Trial has been adapted for theatre, radio and cinema a number of times, including a major stage adaptation at the Young Vic in London in 2015.

The Trial was listed as the second-best book of the 20th century in 1999 by a group of leading German-speaking authors, literary critics and scholars.

New translation by Isabel Tucker.

The Trial is featured on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century.