{"product_id":"9780679409946","title":"The Trial: Introduction by George Steiner","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKafka, Franz; Muir, Willa; Muir, Edwin; Steiner, George\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEveryman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/30\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e. Translated by   Willa and Edwin Muir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Trial\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryman'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.","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42957847167231,"sku":"9780679409946","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780679409946_s600x595.jpg?v=1775597675","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780679409946","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}