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1、TheTrialKafka,Franz(Translator:DavidWyllie)Published:19251AboutKafka:FranzKafkawasoneofthemajorGerman-languagefictionwritersofthe20thcentury.Amiddle-classJewbasedinPrague,hisuniquebodyofwriting—manyincompleteandmostpublishedposthumously—hasbecomeamongstthemostinfluentialinWester
2、nliterature.Kafka'sworks–includingthestoriesDasUrteil(1913,"TheJudgement"),InderStrafkolonie(1920,"InthePenalColony");thenovellaDieVerwandlung("TheMetamorphosis");andunfinishednovelsDerProzess("TheTrial")andDasSchloß("TheCastle")–havecometoembodytheblendofab-surd,surrealandmunda
3、newhichgaverisetotheadjective"kafkaesque".Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1Arrest-ConversationwithMrs.Grubach-ThenMissBürstnerSomeonemusthavebeentellingliesaboutJosefK.,heknewhehaddonenothingwrongbut,onemorning,hewasarrested.EverydayateightinthemorninghewasbroughthisbreakfastbyMrs.Gruba
4、ch'scook-Mrs.Grubachwashislandlady-buttodayshedidn'tcome.Thathadneverhappenedbefore.K.waitedalittlewhile,lookedfromhispil-lowattheoldwomanwholivedoppositeandwhowaswatchinghimwithaninquisitivenessquiteunusualforher,andfinally,bothhungryanddisconcerted,rangthebell.Therewasimmediat
5、elyaknockatthedoorandamanentered.Hehadneverseenthemaninthishousebefore.Hewasslimbutfirmlybuilt,hisclotheswereblackandclose-fitting,withmanyfoldsandpockets,bucklesandbuttonsandabelt,allofwhichgavetheimpressionofbeingverypracticalbutwithoutmakingitveryclearwhattheywereactuallyfor.
6、"Whoareyou?"askedK.,sittinghalfuprightinhisbed.Theman,however,ignoredthequestionasifhisarrivalsimplyhadtobeaccepted,andmerelyreplied,"Yourang?""Annashouldhavebroughtmemybreakfast,"saidK.Hetriedtoworkoutwhothemanactuallywas,firstinsilence,justthroughobservationandbythinkingabouti
7、t,butthemandidn'tstaystilltobelookedatforverylong.Insteadhewentovertothedoor,openeditslightly,andsaidtosomeonewhowasclearlystandingimmediatelybehindit,"HewantsAnnatobringhimhisbreakfast."Therewasalittlelaughterintheneigh-bouringroom,itwasnotclearfromthesoundofitwhetherthereweres
8、everalpeoplelaughing.Thestrangemancouldnothavel
