A brilliant translation of one of the greatest works of Franz Kafka author of Metamorphosis
telling the haunting story of a man's desperate search for answers amid his prosecution for an
unknown crime A Penguin Classic 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.
