by Franz Kafka · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437608563
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«El proceso» is the novel by Franz Kafka published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
El proceso narrates the arrest of Josef K. without the reason being communicated to him and his progressive absorption into an opaque and incomprehensible judicial framework. The protagonist's guilt is never clarified, and the story reflects the alienation and insecurity of the individual before a power he cannot understand.
Edition by Isabel Hernández. Belongs to the Letras Universales collection, number 124; 7th edition published in 2006. Original title: Der Prozess.
Reading for those approaching the classics of twentieth-century literature and Kafka's narrative.
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.
