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Trial, The

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Trial, The

Novel by Franz Kafka, published 1925 in Czechoslovakia. It deals with the sinister circumstances in which a man is arrested for no apparent reason, his consequent feelings of guilt and alienation, and his eventual ‘execution’. It was translated into English 1955, and again (more accurately) 1978.



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When the Stranger with a Club was brought to trial, the complainant said to the Judge:
He watched his slightest movement, however, with eager eyes; and, as he traced the fine outline of his admirably proportioned and active frame, he endeavored to persuade himself, that, if the powers of man, seconded by such noble resolution, could bear one harmless through so severe a trial, the youthful captive before him might hope for success in the hazardous race he was about to run.
At the second trial, the aim was better, and the ball descended inside the stockade, scattering a cloud of sand but doing no further damage.
 
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