The Castle
By: and and
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 1930
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 483 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780805208726
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 05/25/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
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- Proofread By:
- Digital Divide Data
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.