The Trial
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The Trial
Franz Kafka
9 people recommended it in 8 threads, 2010–2022.
What people on Hacker News said
Kafka's The Process and America - both stunning novels that deserve to be read as much as his most famous, The Castle.
Really good. Love the surrealism - the nightmarish / dreamish-ness of it.
The Trial. It is a book end on how bleak life could possibly be and has served me incredibly well for the 20 years since I read it.
Probably the best non fiction and fiction books I've ever read.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What book changed your life? 2022 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before? 2020 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020? 2019 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books of all time, and why? 2017 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016? 2016 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2015? 2015 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What are the most thought-provoking books that you have read? 2015 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Great books you read in 2009? 2010 · 1 recommendation