"Trial" by Willa Muir is a psychological and literary fiction novel originally written in German and translated into English. Published in 1968 as a trade paperback in the Schocken Classics Series by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, the book features illustrations and weighs 9.5 ounces. With 288 pages, the novel delves into themes of psychological depth and literary significance, making it a compelling read for those interested in non-classifiable fiction.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100805208488
ISBN-139780805208481
eBay Product ID (ePID)4433887
Product Key Features
Original LanguageGerman
Book TitleTrial
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Literary
Publication Year1968
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorYes
GenreNon-Classifiable, Fiction
AuthorWilla Muir
Book SeriesSchocken Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN87-032345
Dewey Edition20
ReviewsPraise forThe Trial: "Breon Mitchell's translation of the restored text is an accomplishment of the highest order -- one that will honor Kafka, perhaps the most singular and compelling writer of our time, far into the twenty-first century." -- Walter Abish, author ofHow German Is It Praise forThe Castle: translated by Mark Harman from the restored text "The new Schocken edition ofThe Castlerepresents a major and long-awaited event in English- language publishing. It is a wonderful piece of news for all Kafka readers who, for more than half a century, have had to rely on flawed, superannuated editions. Mark Harman is to be commended for his success in capturing the fresh, fluid, almost breathless style of Kafka's original manuscript." -- Mark M. Anderson, Columbia University "Semantically accurate to an admirable degree, faithful to Kafka's nuances, responsive to the tempo of his sentences and to the larger music of his paragraph construction. For the general reader or for the student, it will be the translation of preference for some time to come." -- J. M. Coetzee,The New York Review of Books "There is a great deal to applaud in Harman's translation. It gives us a much better sense of Kafka's uncompromising and disturbing originality as a prose master than we have heretofore had in English." -- Robert Alter,The New Republic From the Hardcover edition.
TitleLeadingThe
Performed byKafka, Franz
Dewey Decimal833/.912
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThe story of the mysterious indictment, trial, and reckoning forced upon Joseph K. in Franz Kafka' s "The Trial" is one of the twentieth century' s master parables, reflecting the central spiritual crises of modern life. Kafka' s method- one that has influenced, in some way, almost every writer of substance who followed him- was to render the absurd and the terrifying convincing by a scrupulous, hyperreal matter-of-factness of tone and treatment. He thereby imparted to his work a level of seriousness normally associated with civilization' s most cherished poems and religious texts. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir