The Trial
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269 pages
Byzantine and claustrophobic novel of a man arrested by the secret police and charged with an unspecified crime. Unable to defend himself and disorientated by the legal process at work around him the man soon becomes apathetic and acquiescent, accepting his eventual sentence as inevitable.
ISBN: 9781976471728
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David Heinemeier Hansson
Technology"Perhaps my favorite novel of all time."
book list View source ↗"Five novels I think about all the time - 1984: States crave control - The Trial: Bureaucracies eats people - The Stranger: Alienation is a vantage point - Animal Farm: Revolutions usually corrupt - Brave New World: Caste systems fence morality"
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Kara Swisher
Media & Journalism"Another book I read again and again."
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