Exactly one year later, on the eve of his 31st birthday, two men arrive to escort K. to a quarry. There, they execute him with a butcher's knife. His final words are, "Like a dog!".
The novel begins with a famous and jarring sentence: "Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., for without having done anything wrong, he was arrested one morning". Josef K., a respectable bank officer, wakes up on his 30th birthday to find two strange men in his bedroom informing him he is under arrest. Franz Kafka – The Trial
: He seeks aid from a useless lawyer named Huld and an enigmatic court painter named Titorelli. Exactly one year later, on the eve of
: He finds court offices in the dusty attics of tenement buildings. Exactly one year later