Reddit reviews The Trial: A New Translation Based on the Restored Text (The Schocken Kafka Library)
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The following are some of my favorite books that I could think of off the top of my head. Hopefully you dig the list.
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[The Trial] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial) by [Franz Kafka] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka)
>This was a bookclub book in 2011 I believe, but I think we should give it another go. The Trial is focused on the story of a man who is arrested and prosecuted for a crime that's never revealed to him or the reader. While Kafka never finished the novel (never fear it has a concluding chapter that wraps up the story), it has become a classic work of absurdist fiction. There's more info in the linked wikipedia page, but that's the gist of it.
You can buy the newest translation by Breon Mitchell [here] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805209999/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687682&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1936041448&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1SBNNT9N3FPFRZMWHD8J) or read it through gutenberg [here] (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7849) translated by David Wyllie.
The Trial by Franz Kafka
I recently re-read The Trial, and I adored Breon Mitchell's translation, which is "Based On The Restored Text," meaning it contains passages the previous versions did not.
The translation is very contemporary. I found it remarkably easy (and fun!) to read.
The publisher, Schocken, also put out versions of The Castle, Amerika, and The Complete Stories (which would obviously include The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, and my personal favorite Kafka story, A Report to an Academy), but their translations were not done by Mitchell and I have not read them, so I can't comment on that.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Trial-Translation-Based-Restored/dp/0805209999/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1375019502&sr=8-6&keywords=The+Trial
I had to read The Trial a few semesters ago for one of my classes and this is the version we used. I would be more than happy to send you it if you would like just send me a PM.
How about The Trial by Franz Kafka
I don't have any particular reason for recommending this, but it fits your criteria and I dig Kafka.
If you decide to go with The Trial, I read this translation and enjoyed it greatly.
This is the translation that finally "broke" The Trial for me. Prior to that, I had a love/hate relationship with Kafka. After reading Mitchell's translation, it's tilted heavily in favor of love. Schocken has a good paperback edition here.
Did a quick Google search and found this on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Trial-Translation-Based-Restored/dp/0805209999/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1407778965&sr=1-4
I've seen them at every Barnes & Noble I've went to as well.