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Der Proceß

1825·191 pages

Literary Fiction

classics psychological manipulation tense

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.

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Der Proceß

Year

1825

Pages

191

Literary Fiction

Tags

classics psychological manipulation tense

Description

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.

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