The Trial by Franz Kafka is one of the great novels of the 20h century. Josef K. is an ordinary man who is arrested on his 30th birthday. He is prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, yet the nature of his crime is never revealed to him. One year after his arrest he is executed. His last words describe his own death: Like a dog!
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"Great work, unfortunately Kafka didn't around to finishing it, but it shouldn't detract from its concept. It's short, but it's packed with so much possible meaning it's nauseating. It's simultaneously darkly funny and a really challenging mindscrew. It's about the absurdity and minutia of modern life that we are all probably subjected to but don't really notice. Don't let the ending get you down." — Frida (5 out of 5 stars)
"Great work, unfortunately Kafka didn't around to finishing it, but it shouldn't detract from its concept. It's short, but it's packed with so much possible meaning it's nauseating. It's simultaneously darkly funny and a really challenging mindscrew. It's about the absurdity and minutia of modern life that we are all probably subjected to but don't really notice. Don't let the ending get you down."
" Didn't like it all that much, but it could be due to bad translation. I like the plot, I just didn't like how the story was told. "
" The greatest book in Western literature. "
" the best book i've ever read.... "
" Dystopian fiction is not for me. "
" I read it in the 10th grade and I didn't get it at all. It seemed weird and funny, sometimes it felt like it was suffocating me. I have seen the movie two years after reading it and made me think a little bit. I will try reading it again this summer to see how it goes. "
" The unseen and overwhelming forces from above control the destiny of a banker. They take him down, "Like a dog!" This book is as relevant now as ever. "
" I almost forgot about that german lit class I took back in the day.. "
" meandering, but interesting. a giant metaphor. "
" After a visit to the Kafka museum in Prague, decided to indulge myself with some of this man's work. Very impressive book on a man's hopeless fight against a mindless bureaucratic juggernaut, and finally his succumbing to this force of nature. Still has me thinking on this book on a regular basis. "
" a horrific account of one mans journey into hell... "
" Details, situations and characters driven to the absurd to perfectly depict the dark tunnels of an opprevise government. Education, position, the fight for justice and common sense have no value. "Like a dog!". "
" Un grande, pero hay que aguantar esos textos increibles "
" I've only read this and The Metamorphosis by Kafka. I do love the number of levels that I can read his stuff at. Just a great thinking book. "
" It's Kafka! Kind of hard to go wrong there. "
" intriguing since the first word.. "
" When I first read it (I was 17) I lay nights awake thinking how someone could write a book this perfect. Kafka is for me some kind of untouchable God figure. "
" I recall seeing and reading many similar cases in history books and documentaries, where people were just dragged out of their homes, detained for weeks or even months when there was no evident proof to link them to any civil crimes. Detention without conviction. "
" One of my favorite books, EVER. "
" OK, I glad I went through the experience of reading this book. Now I feel like I need to attend a lecture about it. "
" I believe we read this in History in 9th grade at Taft... I remember being disturbed, in a good way. "
" Though Kafka died before finishing the book,but it is definitely a masterpiece!! "
" I like Kafka, but this book was so roundabout and frustrating that I literally got dizzy. "
Franz Kafka (1883–1924), one of the major fiction writers of the twentieth century, was born to a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague. His unique body of writing, much of which is incomplete and was mainly published posthumously, is considered by some people to be among the most influential in Western literature, inspiring such writers as Albert Camus, Rex Warner, and Samuel Beckett.
Sandra Burr is an AudioFile Earphones Award–wining narrator. She has read more than one hundred books in her career, including the New York Times bestselling Cedar Cove romance series by Debbie Macomber.
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