The Castle — Franz Kafka

A remote village covered almost permanently in snow and dominated by a castle and its staff of dictatorial sexually predatory bureaucrats this is the setting for Kafka s story about a man seeking both acceptance in the village and access to the castle Kafka breaks new ground in evoking a dense village community fraught with tensions and recounting an often poignant occasionally farcical love affair He also explores the relation between the individual and power and asks why the villagers so readily submit to an authority which may exist only in their collective imagination Published only after Kafka s death The Castle appeared in the same decade as modernist masterpieces by Eliot Joyce Woolf Mann and Proust and is among the central works of modern literature This translation follows the text established by critical scholarship and manuscript variants are mentioned in the notes The introduction provides guidance to the text without reducing the reader s own freedom to make sense of this fascinatingly enigmatic novel

A remote village covered almost permanently in snow and dominated by a castle and its staff of dictatorial sexually predatory bureaucrats this is the setting for Kafka s story about a man seeking both acceptance in the village and access to the castle Kafka breaks new ground in evoking a dense village community fraught with tensions and recounting an often poignant occasionally farcical love affair He also explores the relation between the individual and power and asks why the villagers so readily submit to an authority which may exist only in their collective imagination Published only after Kafka s death The Castle appeared in the same decade as modernist masterpieces by Eliot Joyce Woolf Mann and Proust and is among the central works of modern literature This translation follows the text established by critical scholarship and manuscript variants are mentioned in the notes The introduction provides guidance to the text without reducing the reader s own freedom to make sense of this fascinatingly enigmatic novel

An imposing castle looms over a village and no one seems to be allowed inside not even K the Land Surveyor whose livelihood depends on getting inside Though never completed due to Kafka s untimely death The Castle paints a striking image of absurdity and the nature of existence itself A crucial piece of 20th century literature this haunting classic about hope fear and absurdity is a essential addition to every reader s shelf This elegant pocket sized gift edition contains a new translation by Debra De Jong and is presented with an embossed cover design ivory pages beautifully designed endpapers and gold gilded page edges Part of the Arcturus Ornate Classics series this book makes wonderful gift for any lover of classic literature ABOUT THE SERIES Arcturus Ornate Classics are beautiful pocket editions of iconic literary works from across history Presented with striking foil cover embossing gilded page edges and deluxe ivory paper these editions make the perfect gift for lovers of classic literature Tanıtım Bülteninden