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Author(s): Kafka, Franz
Reader(s): Degas, Rupert
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA746412
Barcode: 730099046428
Release Date: 08/2007
KAFKA, F.: Trial (The) (Unabridged)
Josef K, 30, lives in a large town in an unspecified country. He is summonsed to answer a charge and appears in the court room for his trial. Franz Kafka evokes all the reality of trial without any of the specifics in a society that seems to have degraded into chaos: squalid environment, rats, yellow liquid shooting out of a hole in the wall. Guards, claustrophobia, anxiety—this is a gripping story and an allegory of modern life. This text remains just as relevant a century after it was written. Rupert Degas reads a new translation by David Whiting.
Tracklist
Disc 1
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1 | Chapter 1: Arrest; Conversation with Frau Grubach then Fraulein Burstner | 06:30 |
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2 | K scarcely listened to what was being said … | 07:23 |
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3 | He paced up and down a few times … | 06:29 |
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4 | When he was fully dressed … | 07:12 |
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5 | The people were at the window … | 06:42 |
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6 | K stood still, watching them … | 07:08 |
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7 | K looked on in silence … | 06:50 |
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8 | You're way off beam,' said K … | 07:07 |
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9 | She made a tour of the room … | 07:08 |
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10 | Then there was some knocking on the door … | 05:20 |
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11 | Chapter 2: First Hearing | 07:14 |
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Disc 2
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1 | K went further down the street … | 06:40 |
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2 | Two men were talking just by the door … | 06:51 |
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3 | K broke off and looked down into the hall … | 06:53 |
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4 | When K broke off at this point … | 07:13 |
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5 | So that's it,' exclaimed K … | 01:54 |
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6 | Chapter 3: In the Empty Court Room; the Student; the Lawyer's Offices | 05:47 |
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7 | They were dog-eared old books … | 06:01 |
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8 | Do you know the examining magistrate …' | 05:52 |
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9 | After he had put aside his reservations … | 05:47 |
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10 | The two had already disappeared … | 06:43 |
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11 | Perhaps,' K continued … | 06:09 |
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12 | You don't believe I am accused of anything …' | 07:19 |
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Disc 3
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1 | K did not reply … | 07:13 |
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2 | Don't you want to sit down here for a bit?' | 04:44 |
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3 | Chapter 4: Fraulein Burstner's Female Friend | 07:04 |
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4 | Frau Grubach felt really quite helpless. | 04:47 |
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5 | You asked my friend, in writing …' | 05:34 |
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6 | Chapter 5: The Thrasher | 07:56 |
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7 | He dried his face … | 06:53 |
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8 | Chapter 6: The Uncle; Leni | 06:46 |
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9 | And what do you now have to say?' | 06:50 |
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10 | My dear uncle,' said K … | 06:37 |
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11 | In one corner of the room … | 07:19 |
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Disc 4
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1 | Not a word of this whole statement … | 07:23 |
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2 | Then a noise from the hall … | 07:09 |
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3 | No,' replied Leni, shaking her head slowly. | 07:06 |
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4 | Chapter 7: Lawyer; Industrialist; Painter | 06:38 |
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5 | The room the lawyers share is on the second floor …' | 07:20 |
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6 | Their job was not easy in other respects … | 07:39 |
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7 | At times like that, one has to say …' | 05:44 |
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8 | What did the lawyer want to achieve … | 06:31 |
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9 | These days shame no longer played any part … | 06:49 |
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10 | The deputy director … | 06:41 |
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11 | For no particular reason … | 06:21 |
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Disc 5
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1 | K took the letter and put it in his pocket … | 07:23 |
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2 | He immediately rode off in a cab … | 06:13 |
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3 | K pointed at the door. | 07:20 |
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4 | The sight of the picture seemed … | 07:20 |
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5 | Once again a girl behind the door began to ask … | 06:18 |
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6 | The painter had pulled his armchair nearer to the bed … | 04:28 |
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7 | Mere legends do nothing to change my opinion …' | 07:20 |
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8 | At that stage I'm free then …' | 07:04 |
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9 | In saying this …' | 04:51 |
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10 | K had not been thinking what he was doing … | 05:06 |
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11 | Chapter 8: Block the Merchant; the Lawyer is Given His Notice | 06:50 |
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12 | Leni stood by the range … | 05:35 |
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Disc 6
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1 | K turned round. | 06:03 |
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2 | I'll probably have to go there more often now too …' | 06:06 |
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3 | I'm hearing it all now, though K … | 06:54 |
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4 | The way you're sitting there side by side!' | 06:32 |
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5 | K looked at him for a long time. | 06:04 |
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6 | K was completely composed when the lawyer had finished … | 07:19 |
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7 | The man's appearance itself gave nothing away … | 07:40 |
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8 | From the moment the lawyer started speaking … | 05:18 |
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9 | Block was very pleased that she had come … | 05:02 |
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10 | Block glanced fleetingly at K … | 04:52 |
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11 | Chapter 9: In the Cathedral | 07:26 |
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12 | K, who otherwise was merely mechanically watching … | 06:21 |
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Disc 7
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1 | K went back to the main entrance … | 05:09 |
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2 | Smiling, K followed the old man … | 06:55 |
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3 | Since everything was now out in the open … | 06:59 |
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4 | K waited for him down below by the steps. | 05:05 |
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5 | The doorkeeper deceived the man, then,' said K … | 06:15 |
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6 | You know the story better than I do …' | 04:58 |
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7 | Opinions differ as to whether the doorkeeper …' | 05:49 |
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8 | Chapter 10: The End | 06:20 |
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9 | The girl had meanwhile turned into a side street … | 06:21 |
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Total Playing Time: 08:20:32