Home › Classics › The Trial
The Trial
A bank clerk is arrested for a crime that is never explained
1925Steady paceDark
What it is about
Josef K. wakes up on his thirtieth birthday and is arrested by unknown officials. He is never told what he is accused of. He tries to find out, and the system pulls him deeper.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who want a landmark of modern literature.
What you will get
Published after Kafka’s death in 1925, and left unfinished.
The Trial Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Classics · Bureaucracy · Guilt · Absurd
Length
255 pages · ≈ 7 h
More about this book
Characters
Josef K.
Setting
An unnamed city.
What makes it different
A novel whose name became an adjective for nightmare bureaucracy.
Feel
Dark, strange and anxious.
The Metamorphosis
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Pearl
Crime and Punishment
The Jungle
Hamlet
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Notes from Underground