Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 191 pages) |
Series |
Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Contents |
Biographical preface -- Introduction -- Note on the text -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Franz Kafka -- The trial -- Explanatory notes |
Summary |
A successful professional man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained. The mysterious court which conducts his trial is outwardly co-operative, but capable of horrific violence. Faced with this ambiguous authority, Josef K. gradually succumbs to its psychological pressure. He consults various advisers without escaping his fate. Was there some way out that he failed to see? Kafka's unfinished novel has been read as a study of guilt, responsibility, and freedom. He offers no solutions, but provokes his readers to arrive at meanings of their own |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Translated from the German |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Trials -- Fiction
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Trials
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Genre/Form |
Fiction
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Mitchell, Mike (Translator)
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Robertson, Ritchie.
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ISBN |
9780191570483 |
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0191570486 |
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