"Logic is doubtless unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who wants to go on living ". The Trial by Franz Kafka is such a riveting read! Joseph K, the protagonist of the book is arrested for no particular reason; or rather a reason that's never stated in the book.
The court forms the motif and everything and everyone belongs to the court. Throughout the book K struggles to find a way to navigate this legal system he's trapped in. The chapters unfold and everything plays out as if in front of the reader's very own eyes, as if the reader is the judge.

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The language, the characters and the pace is inimitable! At times I had to put it down just so I do not finish it too soon :). Anyone who loves unique themes and wants an end that leaves them insatiable must pick this book :)

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The story of the mysterious indictment, trial, and reckoning forced upon Joseph K—one of the twentieth century’s master parables from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir The Trial reflects the central spiritual crises of modern life. Kafka’s method—one that has influenced, in some way, almost every writer of substance who followed him—was to render the absurd and the terrifying convincing by a scrupulous, hyperreal matter-of-factness of tone and treatment. He thereby imparted to his work a level of seriousness normally associated with civilization’s most cherished poems and religious texts. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

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