by Franz Kafka · Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596206766
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«Der Prozess» is the novel by Franz Kafka, published by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag in paperback (230 pages, in German).
Josef K., a bank employee, is arrested one morning without knowing why. From then on he tries to understand an opaque, labyrinthine judicial process, full of ambiguous authorities and characters, which gradually envelops his entire life. Kafka turns bureaucracy into a parable about guilt, power and the individual's powerlessness.
Begun in 1914 and published posthumously in 1925. This edition belongs to the Fischer Taschenbuch collection (no. 676) and includes an appendix with unfinished chapters, suppressed passages and Max Brod's epilogues.
German edition for readers who want to read a classic of twentieth-century narrative in its original language.
Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements of realism and the fantastique, and typically feature isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surreal predicaments and incomprehensible bureaucratic powers. The term Kafkaesque has entered the lexicon to describe situations like those depicted in his writings. His best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1924) and The Castle (1926). He is also celebrated for his brief fables and aphorisms, which frequently incorporated comedic elements alongside the darker themes of his longer works. His work has widely influenced artists, philosophers, composers, filmmakers, literary historians, religious scholars, and cultural theorists.
