One of the best-known novels of an author who did all he could during his own lifetime to remain anonymous, 'The Trial's success comes almost at odds with the wishes of the legendary author himself. Kafka's famous timidity results in a brilliant novel that was unfinished and kept hidden at the time of his death. The story of Josef, who is suddenly arrested upon leaving his job by two men of a mysterious agency for reasons that are never explained to him or the reader, Kafka masterfully dangles t