The Trial: Premium Annotated Edition

The Trial by Franz Kafka is one of the great works of the twentieth century. Kafka's The Trial has been read as a study of political power, a pessimistic religious parable, or a crime novel where the accused man is himself the problem. In it, a man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained. Faced with this ambiguous but threatening situation, Josef K. gradually succumbs to its psychological pressure.<br/><br/>One of the iconic figures of modern world literature, Kafka writes about universal problems of guilt, responsibility, and freedom. He offers no solutions, but provokes his readers to arrive at meanings of their own.<br/><br/>In this edition you will find:<br/>- A Character Analysis<br/>- A brief introduction about the author