The trial

Kafka, Franz 1883-1924 (Author). Mitchell, Michael, 1941- (Added Author).

Summary: Someone must have been telling tales about Josef K. for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.'A successful professional man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained. The mysterious court which conducts his trial is outwardly co-operative, but capable of horrific violence. Faced with this ambiguous authority, Josef K. gradually succumbs to its psychological pressure. He consults various advisers without escaping his fate. Was there some way out that he failed to see? Kafka's unfinished novel has been read as a study of.

Record details

ISBN: 9780191570483 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0191570486 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780199238293 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0199238294 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Physical Description: remote
electronic resource
1 online resource (xxxv, 191 p.)
Publisher: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:jan.10.13 CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Biographical Preface; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Franz Kafka; THE TRIAL; Explanatory Notes.
Language Note:	Transl. from the German.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.