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The trial / Franz Kafka, translated by Idris Parry.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: German Publication details: Camberwell : Penguin, 2010.Description: xvi, 178 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780141194714
Uniform titles:
  • Prozess. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 833/.912 22
Contents:
Arrest -- First Examination -- In the empty assembly hall -- B.?s friend -- The whipper -- The Uncle -- Advocate -- Merchant block -- In the cathedral.
Summary: 'Someone must have laid false information against Josef K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.' From this 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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Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction KAF Available 063832
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Arrest -- First Examination -- In the empty assembly hall -- B.?s friend -- The whipper -- The Uncle -- Advocate -- Merchant block -- In the cathedral.

'Someone must have laid false information against Josef K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.' From this 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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