Amerika

<p><b>&#145;No other voice has borne truer witness to the dark of our times&#146; George Steiner</b><br><br>After an embarrassing sexual misadventure with a servant girl sixteen-year-old Karl Rossman is banished to America by his parents. Expected to redeem himself in the land of opportunity Karl&#146;s youthful breeziness propels him into a series of bizarre escapades which threaten to ensnare him permanently. Though dredged with humour and optimism Kafka&#146;s first novel bears his distinctive hallmarks as young Karl becomes mired in an ever more unreal and oppressive system.<br><br><b>THE CLASSIC TRANSLATION BY WILLA AND EDWIN MUIR</b></p>