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The Castle

By Franz Kafka
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The Castle, Kafka's last great, unfinished novel, hangs over the whole modern era like a nightmare. This edition includes a new introduction and notes by John Zilcosky. The Castle tells the story of K., an unwanted Land Surveyor who is never admitted to the Castle nor... Read More
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The Castle

"The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted land surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence"--

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The Castle, Kafka's last great, unfinished novel, hangs over the whole modern era like a nightmare. This edition includes a new introduction and notes by John Zilcosky.

The Castle tells the story of K., an unwanted Land Surveyor who is never admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, yet cannot return home. As he faces the dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence.

Kafka began writing The Castle in 1922, and while it was never completed, this last of his three great novels draws fascinating conclusions that make it feel strangely complete.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241678916

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by J. A. Underwood
  • Introduction by Idris Parry
  • Introduction by John Zilcosky

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 261g

Pages: 352

Collections

Fiction Franz Kafka General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

Franz Kafka (Author) Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial, The Castle and Amerika, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod. J. A. Underwood (Translator) J. A. Underwood is a distinguished translator of German and French. He has translated, among others, Freud, Canetti, Kafka, Benjamin, Gombrowicz, Bachelard and Robbe-Grillet.

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