Josef K. is arrested on his thirtieth birthday, but nobody explains the charge against him, and the authorities leave him at liberty to go about his work as a bank manager. As the proceedings continue, he meets lawyers, a painter who knows the judges, and a priest in a cathedral. Each offers advice that leads nowhere. Franz Kafka's unfinished 1925 novel traces how an ordinary man's confidence in justice unravels, ending in a quarry.
Dark allegory is the form, and the book is a classic of twentieth-century fiction that can be read in a weekend. Be ready for no explanation and a sharp sense of dread.
Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Literary Connoisseur. Which reader are you?
- ISBN
- 9789896600099
- Language
- PT
