Der Prozess [The Trial]
by Kafka, Franz
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Lizenzausgabe / New York: S. Fischer Verlag / Von Schocken Books. Good in Good dust jacket. (1945). Hardcover. No signatures. Some foxing. Some dampstains to tail of spine and tail of dust wrapper spine. Some chips under 1" to corners of dust wrapper and head of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; Text in German. 326, [2] pages. Brown cloth boards with " F. Kafka" in gilt on front board. Black panel and gilt decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 189 x 113mm. [Seller Ref: KnightCol]; 8vo .
Synopsis
It is the fate and perhaps the greatness of that work that it offers everything and confirms nothing' Albert CamusThe terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. A nightmare vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15238
- Title
- Der Prozess [The Trial]
- Author
- Kafka, Franz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- S. Fischer Verlag / Von Schocken Books
- Place of Publication
- Lizenzausgabe / New York
- Date Published
- (1945)
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Tail
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- Gilt
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