The Trial
9 hrs. 16 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Franz Kafka
Author
Franz Kafka
Narrator
Ilya Akintyev
Narrator
Ilya Akintyev
Description
Franz Kafka is an Austrian writer, the founder of literary “absurdism.” In the novel “Before the Law,” also known as “The Trial” (Kafka worked on it in 1915–1918 and did not finish it), the action takes place in Prague, though the city is not named. There, in a case involving Josef K., an official prosecutor at a large bank, some unofficial but all-powerful court conducts the investigation: for some reason, its presence can be found in the attics of all the city’s houses…
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