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Der Proceß

Franz Kafka

1987140 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1987
first published
  • 1988Schocken Books · 281 pages · ENGISBN 9780805208481
  • 1995Schocken Books · 281 pages · ENGISBN 9780805210408
  • 1998Schocken Books · 276 pages · ENGISBN 9780805241655
  • 2002Vitalis · 255 pages · ENGISBN 9788072530762
  • 2005Hesperius Press · 212 pages · ENGISBN 9781843914013
  • 2006Echo Library · 140 pages · ENGISBN 9781847029805
  • 1987Picador · 254 pages · ENGISBN 9780330244688
  • 2007Echo Library · 140 pages · ENGISBN 9781406825268

Byzantine and claustrophobic novel of a man arrested by the secret police and charged with an unspecified crime. Unable to defend himself and disorientated by the legal process at work around him the man soon becomes apathetic and acquiescent, accepting his eventual sentence as inevitable.

How it feels

Emotional toneUnflinching

How it reads

Plot intensityCharacter driven
ComplexityLayered
CommitmentQuick escape

When and where

Reading situationCommuteWaiting

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