Ornate Classics The Trial

Available April 2026 – pre-order now!

Accused of a secret crime, a man fights a faceless system.

One morning Josef K. is arrested for a crime he did not commit. In fact, he is never even told the nature of the offense. His life is thrown into turmoil as he becomes enmeshed in a struggle to prove his innocence. As the confounding case unfolds, K. is ultimately powerless – battling against a remote and uncaring bureaucracy. In this new translation, Isabel Tucker retains the enigmatic and surreal style which marks Kafka’s brilliance.

This handsome pocket-sized gift edition has real collector’s appeal, featuring a facsimile of Kafka’s signature on the title page, silver gilded page edges and beautifully designed endpapers.

Part of the Arcturus Ornate Classics series The Trial makes a wonderful gift or collectible for any lover of modernist literature.

ISBN 9781398864573

208 pages, 165 x 105 mm