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Trial : Introduction by George Steiner by Franz Kafka (1992, Hardcover)

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Trial, Hardcover by Kafka, Franz; Muir, Willa; Muir, Edwin (TRN), ISBN 0679409947, ISBN-13 9780679409946, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Narrates the experiences and reactions of a respectable bank functionary after his abrupt arrest on an undisclosed charge

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100679409947

ISBN-139780679409946

eBay Product ID (ePID)201729

Product Key Features

Original LanguageGerman

Book TitleTrial : Introduction by George Steiner

Number of Pages344 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPsychological, Classics, Absurdist, Literary

Publication Year1992

GenreFiction

AuthorFranz Kafka

Book SeriesEveryman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN91-053190

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"This short novel has passed into far more than classical literary status . . . Countless are those who have not read it but who are familiar with its main outline and situations . . . In more than one hundred languages, the epithet 'kafkaesque' attaches to the constants of inhumanity and absurdity in our times . . . In this diffusion of the kafkaesque into so many recesses of our private and public existence, The Trial plays a commanding role." from the Introduction by George Steiner, "This short novel has passed into far more than classical literary status . . . Countless are those who have not read it but who are familiar with its main outline and situations . . . In more than one hundred languages, the epithet 'kafkaesque' attaches to the constants of inhumanity and absurdity in our times . . . In this diffusion of the kafkaesque into so many recesses of our private and public existence,The Trialplays a commanding role." from the Introduction by George Steiner, "Kafka's 'legalese' is alchemically fused with a prose of great verve and intense readability." --James Rolleston, professor of Germanic languages and literatures, Duke University "Breon Mitchell's translation is an accomplishment of the highest order that will honor Kafka far into the twenty-first century." --Walter Abish, author of How German Is It From the Trade Paperback edition., "This short novel has passed into far more than classical literary status.... Countless are those who have not read it but who are familiar with its main outline and situations...In more than one hundred languages, the epithet 'kafkaesque' attaches to the constants of inhumanity and absurdity in our times.... In this diffusion of the kafkaesque into so many recesses of our private and public existence, The Trial plays a commanding role." --from the Introduction by George Steiner

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal833/.9/12

SynopsisThe story of the mysterious indictment, trial, and reckoning forced upon Joseph K. in Franz Kafka's The Trial is one of the twentieth century's master parables, reflecting the central spiritual crises of modern life. Kafka's method-one that has influenced, in some way, almost every writer of substance who followed him-was to render the absurd and the terrifying convincing by a scrupulous, hyperreal matter-of-factness of tone and treatment. He thereby imparted to his work a level of seriousness normally associated with civilization's most cherished poems and religious texts. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, The story of the mysterious indictment, trial, and reckoning forced upon Joseph K--one of the twentieth century's master parables from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis . Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir The Trial reflects the central spiritual crises of modern life. Kafka's method--one that has influenced, in some way, almost every writer of substance who followed him--was to render the absurd and the terrifying convincing by a scrupulous, hyperreal matter-of-factness of tone and treatment. He thereby imparted to his work a level of seriousness normally associated with civilization's most cherished poems and religious texts. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

LC Classification NumberPT2621.A26