The Trial by Franz Kafka Paperback Book 9780241678893

Kafkas gripping work of psychological horror with a new introduction and notes by Carolin DuttlingerA terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit a crime whose nature is never revealed to him Once arrested he is released but must report to court on a regular basisan event that proves maddening as nothing is ever resolved As he grows more uncertain of his fate his personal lifeincluding work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next doorbecomes increasingly unpredictable As K tries to gain control he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral