by Franz Kafka · Seix Barral · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432221804
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«El proceso» is the novel by Franz Kafka, published by Seix Barral in hardback (254 pages, in Spanish).
Josef K., a bank employee, starts the day in his boarding house with the arrival of some men who arrest him, although he remains free. They do not explain what he is accused of and, as he tries to continue his life and defend himself, the plot drags him through a bureaucratic labyrinth that questions his innocence, his identity and the meaning of justice.
Work published posthumously in 1925, with the original title «Der Prozess»; this 1983 edition belongs to the collection «Obras Maestras de la Literatura Contemporánea» (volume 20).
For readers of European literary classics and of stories about alienation and the absurd.
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.
