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Una mañana cualquiera, Josef K., joven empleado de un banco, se despierta en la pensión donde reside con la extraña visita de unos hombres que le comunican que está detenido -aunque por el momento seguirá libre-. Le informan de que se ha iniciado un proceso contra él, y le aseguran que conocerá los cargos a su debido tiempo. Así comienza una de las más memorables y enigmáticas pesadillas jamás escritas. Para el protagonista, Josef K., el proceso laberíntico en el que inesperadamente se ve inmerso supone una toma de conciencia de sí mismo, un despertar que le obliga a reflexionar sobre su propia existencia, sobre la pérdida de la inocencia y la aparición de la muerte. La lectura de El proceso produce cierto «horror vacui» pues nos sumerge en una existencia absurda, en el filo de la navaja entre la vida y la nada. Is contained inThe Plague / The Trial by Albert Camus America; The Trial; The Castle; The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka Il processo & America & Il Castello by Franz Kafka FRANZ KAFKA GESAMTAUSGABE - SAEMTLICHE WERKE [Illustrierte] (German Edition) by Franz Kafka The Trial / America / The Castle by Franz Kafka The Castle / The Trial by Franz Kafka Gesammelte Werke. Taschenbuchausgabe in acht Bänden by Franz Kafka Kafka : Oeuvres complètes, tome 1 by Franz Kafka Роман, новелля, притчи by Франц Кафка The Metamorphosis / The Trial by Franz Kafka The Essential Kafka by Franz Kafka Romane und Erzählungen. Enthält: Der Prozeß / Die Verwandlung / Das Schloß. by Franz Kafka Has the adaptationThe Trial: Metamorphosis: In the Penal Colony: Playscript: Three Theatre Adaptations from Franz Kafka by Steven Berkoff The trial ; and, Metamorphosis: Two theatre adaptations from Franz Kafka by Steven Berkoff Has as a studyHas as a student's study guideFranz Kafka: Der Proceß. Lektüreschlüssel by Wilhelm Grosse CliffsNotes on Kafka's The Trial by Franz Kafka Reclam Erläuterungen und Dokumente: Franz Kafka, Der Proceß by Michael Müller Erläuterungen zu Franz Kafka: Amerika, Der Prozeß, Das Schloß by Franz Kafka Has as a teacher's guide
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I might have appreciated the book more if I had read it rather than listening to the audio book. However, the library only had the audio book. (