The Trial

by Rachel Lampert, Franz Kafka

A modern adaptation for the stage of Franz Kafka's The Trial.

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Nora · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes adaptations are lame - but this is not one of them. Lampert has invested a bold, modern theatricality into Kafka's brilliant and disconcerting text. She retains a sense of the original but gives the adaptation a life of its own, and the unnerving parallels to the contemporary political climate are chilling, clear but not grotesque. I'm looking forward to seeing it performed.

[Shane · Rating 4 out of 5]

The futility of the characters' actions in this book was confusing. Kafka must have been one of those guys running to get somewhere in his life and never quite succeeding.
I even had difficulty finding the Trial by Franz Kafka in this search - that is the book that I am referring to here.

[Tee]

Dizzying...will try to press through it.