{"product_id":"the-trial","title":"The Trial","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA native of Prague, Franz Kafka (1883-1924) worked for an insurance company by day and wrote his tales of alienation and social anxiety in private. Like the majority of the author's work, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/i\u003e was published after his untimely death from tuberculosis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis Dover edition, first published in 2009, is an unabridged republication of David Wylie's English translation of the work originally published in German by Verlag die Schmiede in 1925--T.p. verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This Dover edition, first published in 2009, is an unabridged republication of David Wylie's English translation of the work originally published in German by Verlag die Schmiede in 1925\"--T.p. verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested.\" From its gripping first sentence onward, this novel exemplifies the term \"\"Kafkaesque.\" Its darkly humorous narrative recounts a bank clerk's entrapment -- based on an undisclosed charge -- in a maze of nonsensical rules and bureaucratic roadblocks. \n\u003cbr\u003eWritten 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. This inexpensive edition of one of the 20th century's most important novels features an acclaimed translation by David Wyllie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kafka, Franz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2009-07-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction \/ Alternative History|Fiction \/ Classics|Fiction \/ Literary|Fiction \/ World Literature \/ Germany - 20th Century|Fiction \/ Dystopian|Fiction \/ Psychological|Fiction \/ Absurdist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Trials|Allegories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486470610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780486470610\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52372386054425,"sku":"SP-9780486470610","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780486470610_spiral.png?v=1778441172","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-trial","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}