The trial
(Book)

"This Dover edition, first published in 2009, is an unabridged republication of David Wylie's English translation of the work originally published in German by Verlag die Schmiede in 1925"--T.p. verso.

A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis -- an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life -- including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door -- becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.