# The Trial

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- Book: [The Trial](https://www.bookquiver.com/franz-kafka/the-trial) ([The Trial.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/franz-kafka/the-trial.md))
- Authors: [Franz Kafka](https://www.bookquiver.com/franz-kafka)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4124-830-0
- Published: 2015-07-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis - an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life - including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door - becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.