The trial

One of Kafka's best-known works, The Trial tells the story of a man persecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime never revealed.

On his thirtieth birthday, Josef K. is arrested by two unidentified agents for an unspecified crime.

In The Trial, Kafka brings us a nightmarish vision of the irrationality and blindness of modern bureaucracy in twentieth-century totalitarian regimes as the narrative is driven by a terrifying inevitability, driving the protagonist towards a meaningless and helpless demise.

The Trial is an existential masterpiece that resonates strongly with modern audiences.