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Kafka intended his parable of alienation in a mysterious bureaucracy to be burned, along with the rest of his diaries and manuscripts, after his death in 1924. In a letter to his friend oskar pollack, franz kafka wrote, what we must have are those books that come on us like ill fortune, like the death of one we love better than ourselves, like suicide. Sep 20, 2010 franz kafkas the trial is the most known masterpiece by kafka. A new translation based on the restored text by franz kafka and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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First published in 1925, the trial tells the story of a man arrested for an unknown crime by a remote, inaccessible authority and his struggle for control over the increasing absurdity of his life. No hope, no rest, no warmness thats the reality of kafkas human. He is summonsed to answer a charge and appears in the court room for his trial. This edition endeavors to restore the text as closely as possible to the original manuscript.
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