MetamorphosisAndTheTrial

HarperCollinsisproudtopresentitsincrediblerangeofbest-loved,essentialclassics.'It'sonlybecauseoftheirstupiditythatthey'reabletobesosureofthemselves.'OnthemorningofhisthirtiethbirthdayJosefK.isarrestedforanunspecifiedcrime.OnemorningGregorSamsaopenshiseyestodiscoverthathehasbeentransformedintoamonstrousbug.JosefK.findshimselfdrawnintoaquasi-legallabyrinth,whileGregorisimprisonedinhisownhorrificbody.Strangeandprovocative,thesetalesbeardownontheessentialnatureofMan:ourdesires,ourhopesandourfears.Publishedtocelebratethehundredthanniversaryofpublication,theseremarkablyprescientstoriesremainessentialreading.Unparalleledinitsoriginality,Kafka'swritinggavebirthtoitsownadjective,'Kafkaesque'-ararefeatandonethatchangedthecourseofmodernliterature.