IOT: Kafka’s The Trial

thursday 27th november 2014, 9.00-9.45am, on bbc radio 4

kafka’s the trial (in the in our time series) (presented by melvyn bragg, with • professor elizabeth boa, university of nottingham, • professor steve connor, university of cambridge, • professor ritchie robertson, university of oxford)

“Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Franz Kafka‘s novel of power and alienation ‘The Trial’, in which readers follow the protagonist Joseph K into a bizarre, nightmarish world in which he stands accused of an unknown crime; courts of interrogation convene in obscure tenement buildings; and there seems to be no escape from a crushing, oppressive bureaucracy.

Kafka’s The Trial

this morning (thursday 27th), 9.00-9.45am, on bbc radio 4 (shortened repeat at 9.00pm)
in our time (presented by melvyn bragg, with elizabeth boa, ritchie robertson, and steve connor) discusses the trial by kafka, a german-speaking jew in prague