Talk:The Trial

Does Josef K. really get killed?

I hope that no one minds, but I have changed "church" to "cathedral" as the place where Kafka meets the priest. This is consistent with the English translation, of which one chapter is called "In the Cathedral". Also, is it really true that K. gets killed? I have just finished reading "The Trial", and in my edition, after the chapter called "The End", there is a section called "Fragments". YTKJ (talk) 21:04, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Language

Although this article indicates that the original TITLE was in German, it doesn't say that it was originally written in German. Considering where FK lived, the original language of the novel should be made explicit. 136.36.180.215 (talk) 19:06, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Sources for expansion

Some sources in case anyone has time to expand this article:

• Kafka's Other Trial by Elias Canetti. This is about Kafka's letters to Felice, not about The Trial.
• The Disinherited Mind by Erich Heller
• Kafka: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Ronald Gray
• Literature and the Sixth Sense by Philip Rahv
• Conversations with Kafka by Gustav Janouch
• Kafka: A Study by Anthony Thorlby
• K: A Biography of Kafka by Ronald Hayman
• Kafka by Pietro Citati

rblv (talk) 13:46, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

The Trial is not about a lawsuit

One of the categories at the bottom is "Fiction about lawsuits." A criminal prosecution is not a lawsuit. Maurice Magnus (talk) 02:30, 9 March 2025 (UTC)