The Trial (Oxford World's Classics)

This is a darkly humorous narrative that recounts a bank clerk's entrapment — based on an undisclosed charge — in a maze of nonsensical rules and bureaucratic roadblocks. Written in 1914 and published posthumously in 1925, Kafka's engrossing parable about the human condition plunges an isolated individual into an impersonal, illogical system. Josef K.'s ordeals raise provocative, ever-relevant issues related to the role of government and the nature of justice.

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MadocMattox
Oct 29, 2024
7/10 stars
This was a harrowing read about the abuse of power and non-transparent governing

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