The Trial

The TrialKafka's gripping work of psychological horror, with a new introduction and notes by Carolin Duttlinger A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows

Auden has gradually come to seem an intimate poet

the Bosphorus strait is a storied and scenic region of Turkey

These stories take us from the underworld of Babel's native Odessa

acclaimed historian John Foot draws on decades of research to chart the turbulent years between 1915 and 1945

Four years on from the critically acclaimed 'Smokers Delight'

wandering merchant marines (“Singapore”)

The dawning of a young man's homosexual and sadistic desires

Its depiction of a family's disintegration is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I've read in years' Observer

this one is still potent and smart enough to rise to the top of the pile

families grow up

and its particular contributions to the Holocaust

issued in 1967