A 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 basis--an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life--including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door--becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241372562
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 157 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 12 mm
The Dante of the Twentieth Century - W. H. Auden
This compelling, prophetic novel anticipates the insanity of modern bureaucracy and the coming of totalitarianism - The Daily Telegraph
It is the fate and perhaps the greatness of that work that it offers everything and confirms nothing - Albert Camus
It was Kafka who made me understand that one can write differently - Gabriel García Márquez
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