THE TRIAL

A brilliant translation of one of the greatest works of Franz Kafka author of Metamorphosis telling the haunting story of a man''s desperate search for answers amid his prosecution for an unknown crimeA Penguin ClassicA 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 basisan event that proves maddening as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate his personal lifeincluding work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next doorbecomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.