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Arriving in a village to take up the position of land surveyor for the mysterious lord of a castle, the character known as K. finds himself in a bitter and baffling struggle to contact his new employer and go about his duties. As the villagers and the Castle officials block his efforts at every turn, K.’s consuming quest–quite possibly a self-imposed one–to penetrate the inaccessible heart of the Castle and take its measure is repeatedly frustrated. Kafka once suggested that the would-be surveyor in The Castle is driven by a wish “to get clear about ultimate things,” an unrealizable desire that provided the driving force behind all of Kafka’s dazzlingly uncanny fictions. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir
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Castle, Franz Kafka
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- Released
- 1995
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- Title
- Castle
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Franz Kafka
- Publisher
- Schocken Books
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0805210393
- ISBN13
- 9780805210392
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, German Literature, 20th century, Literary Fiction, Adapted for Film, Jews, Psychological novels, Searching for the meaning of life, Thinking, Czech Comics, Classicism, Absurdity, Franz Kafka, 1883-1924
- First published
- 1926
- Original title
- Das Schloss
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Arriving in a village to take up the position of land surveyor for the mysterious lord of a castle, the character known as K. finds himself in a bitter and baffling struggle to contact his new employer and go about his duties. As the villagers and the Castle officials block his efforts at every turn, K.’s consuming quest–quite possibly a self-imposed one–to penetrate the inaccessible heart of the Castle and take its measure is repeatedly frustrated. Kafka once suggested that the would-be surveyor in The Castle is driven by a wish “to get clear about ultimate things,” an unrealizable desire that provided the driving force behind all of Kafka’s dazzlingly uncanny fictions. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir