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. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the
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