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The Castle, Franz Kafka
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Franz Kafka

The Castle

The Castle (German: Das Schloss German pronun­cia­tion: Das Schloß is a 1926 novel by Franz Kafka. In it a protagonist known only as K. arrives in a village and struggles to gain access to the mysterious authorities who govern it from a castle. Kafka died before finishing the work, but suggested it would end with K. dying in the village, the castle notifying him on his death bed that his “legal claim to live in the village was not valid, yet, taking certain auxiliary circumstances into account, he was permitted to live and work there”. Dark and at times surreal, The Castle is often understood to be about alienation, unresponsive bureaucracy, the frustration of trying to conduct business with non-transparent, seemingly arbitrary controlling systems, and the futile pursuit of an unobtainable goal.
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426 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
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  • Demnhas quoted2 months ago
    ‘One ought not to judge too early.
  • b2960961589has quoted4 months ago
    mingling of malice and caution
  • b2960961589has quoted4 months ago
    gnarled walkingstick within reach

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