{"product_id":"the-trial","title":"The Trial","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Trial \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\n\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\n\u003cbr\u003eDate of Release: 1925\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary awards\t: Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize Nominee for Breon Mitchell (1999)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Trial is one of Franz Kafka’s most haunting and influential works, a novel that captures the anxiety, absurdity, and alienation of the modern world with chilling precision. It follows Josef K., an ordinary man who is suddenly arrested—without explanation—and forced to navigate a nightmarish legal system that never reveals the crime he is accused of committing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Josef K. struggles to understand the opaque bureaucracy closing in around him, Kafka exposes the terrifying power of faceless authority and the fragility of individual freedom. Filled with psychological tension and surreal logic, the novel offers a disturbing vision of state control, guilt, and helplessness that feels as relevant today as it did when first written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition features a new translation by Arcturus, bringing clarity and accessibility to one of the great masterpieces of modern literature. Essential reading for anyone interested in classic fiction, existentialism, political power, and twentieth-century literature, The Trial remains a profound and unsettling exploration of justice and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Trial Franz Kafka book, Kafka The Trial novel, classic modern literature, existentialist novel book, political dystopian fiction, German literature classic, psychological fiction classic, Arcturus translation Kafka, world literature paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Franz Kafka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53720945754387,"sku":"BY9.3909","price":475.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4494\/6707\/files\/9781789500851_1.webp?v=1770439823","url":"https:\/\/booksandyou.in\/products\/the-trial","provider":"Books and You","version":"1.0","type":"link"}