The Trial (Illustrated Classics): A Graphic Novel

About this book

Someone must have been slandering Joseph K because one morning without having done anything wrong he was suddenly arrested. The Trial is a graphic adaptation of Franz Kafkas famous novel illustrated by one of Frances leading graphic artists Chantal Montellier. Montellier brilliantly captures both the menace and the humor of Kafkas utterly unique masterwork. This darkly humorous tale follows Joseph K who is arrested one morning for unexplained reasons and forced to struggle against an absurd judicial process. K finds himself thrown from one disorientating encounter to the next as he becomes increasingly desperate to prove his innocence in the face of unknown charges. In its stark portrayal of an authoritarian bureaucracy trampling over the lives of its estranged citizens The Trial is as relevant today as ever.