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Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Book reviews: Before the Law, by Franz Kafka

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"Before the Law", part of the chapter called "In the Cathedral" from Kafka's novel "The Trial", is a wonderful parable and a flawless piece of writing that some critics have suggested to represent not only the "centerpiece of that novel", but also the very "key to Kafka's entire work".

Accused by an invisible tribunal of some mysterious crime on the basis of an unheard law, Josef K., the main character of the novel, seeks to prove his innocence. In such odd circumstances, his quest looks desperate. One day, on the winding roads of his pursuit, K. meets a priest, inside a dark and empty ...

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