Overview
El proceso, sin duda una de las obras clave del genio del absurdo que fue Franz Kafka, enfrenta al lector a la angustia de comprobar que algunas cosas son demasiado reales para ser ciertas.
El día que es arrestado, K. abre la puerta de su habitación para informarse sobre su desayuno. Acusado de un crimen que desconoce por jueces que no ve nunca y conforme a leyes que nadie puede explicarle, K. abrirá un número inimaginable de puertas intentando comprender la situación.
A medida que el proceso ocupe más y más lugar en su vida, cada puerta constituirá una traba cada vez más alienante en el proceso judicial al que se ve sometido. Solo K. parece darse cuenta, en una lucidez irrisoria e inútil hasta el fin, de la total ausencia de hechos o eventos que clarifiquen la interminable incongruencia de su confinamiento.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A brilliant translation of one of the greatest works of Franz Kafka, author of Metamorphosis, telling the haunting story of a man's desperate search for answers amid his prosecution for an unknown crime
A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis—an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life—including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door—becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.
El día que es arrestado, K. abre la puerta de su habitación para informarse sobre su desayuno. Acusado de un crimen que desconoce por jueces que no ve nunca y conforme a leyes que nadie puede explicarle, K. abrirá un número inimaginable de puertas intentando comprender la situación.
A medida que el proceso ocupe más y más lugar en su vida, cada puerta constituirá una traba cada vez más alienante en el proceso judicial al que se ve sometido. Solo K. parece darse cuenta, en una lucidez irrisoria e inútil hasta el fin, de la total ausencia de hechos o eventos que clarifiquen la interminable incongruencia de su confinamiento.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A brilliant translation of one of the greatest works of Franz Kafka, author of Metamorphosis, telling the haunting story of a man's desperate search for answers amid his prosecution for an unknown crime
A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis—an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life—including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door—becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.
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