The Trial

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The cover and printing are good. This is a book that will require multiple re-readings.

“𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔.” This book is terrifying! It’s terrifying because it involves a monster which is well-known to us all. Where does it come from? Where does it come from? Where does it dwell? Who controls it? What does it really feed on? No one knows the answers to these questions and that is what makes this monster so hauntingly terrifying. An unsettling feeling comes over you because things look and sound and feel real but something doesn’t fit with your usual paradigm of reality. The main character, Josef K., spends his time trying to work out his own trial, which he doesn’t understand, or even know what he did to deserve it. He seeks a solution, only to discover corruption in the system. He learns what it will take to survive. It couldn’t have been written with more precision and ingenuity, had it been written in our age of cruel bureaucracy. A splendid and unshakeable proof of Kafka’s genius. Many moments made me laugh, some left me suspended in strangeness, a dream-like fictional reality mimicking a surreal or perhaps borderline-insane reality. A few times my heart dropped to my belly, like when you ride a roller coaster, I mouthed the words to myself that I’ve heard define “Kafkaesque”. The Trial is an existential masterpiece by Kafka, which defined the Zeitgeist of his day. But it’s the universality of this existential theme of The Absurd, which endures. So the world isn’t fair. So what? K. desperately wants the court to understand the truth of his innocence but he is told: “𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚.”

I watched "the trial" movie and it was amazing so i thought to get the bool as well, i am going to start reading it, i usually don't complete any book. But i know this that i will read this book till the end page, because i love franz kafka as a writer, i first got to know about "metamorphosis" and that story blew my mind, now i am a fan of his books.

Haven't read the trial yet so just gonna talk about the packaging and the quality of the book: both S tier very good perfect box didn't come with any plastic wrap or anywljind if protection inside but miraculously book was fine perfect brand new mint condition gotta hand it to the delivery guy he's goooood

Seller: Cocoblu retails Price: Rs 218 The book is in good condition. It is a genuine edition. The packaging was also done well. No complaints.

Kafka it is, dude. Don't question. Or maybe question a million things.

Though Kafka has been my favorite since 2019 I'm yet to read his The Trial. The quality of the book is satisfying while it comes with an additional Kafka-Felice Bauer episode by the translator. I'd recommend everyone to read the book once in a lifetime, at least.