From the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial- one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century-the haunting tale of K.'s relentless, unavailing struggle with an inscrutable authority in order to gain access to the Castle. Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman...
An acclaimed translation of the final work by Franz Kafka--author of Metamorphosis and some of the twentieth century's greatest literature--following the story of a man's bizarre, unending struggle to carry out his mysterious new job A Penguin Classic The...
Kafka's last novel, The Castle is set in a remote village covered almost permanently in snow and dominated by a castle and its staff of dictatorial, sexually predatory bureaucrats. The novel breaks new ground in exploring the relation between the individual and power, asking...
Trapped in a bureaucratic quagmire, K., a land surveyor, struggles to gain access to the mysterious, impenetrable Castle, a symbol of unassailable authority. His attempts are met with inexplicable delays, administrative hurdles, and a pervasive sense of alienation. Franz...
Release Date: Oct 14, 2025
From the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial, and one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century: 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...
Publicada p stumamente en 1926, El castillo es la m s tard a de las tres novelas que escribi Franz Kafka (1883-1924) y, pese a haber quedado inconclusa, pasa a ser una de las cumbres de la novela del siglo XX.
En ella se cuentan los infructuosos intentos del...
Kafkas "Das Schloß": ein surreales Labyrinth aus bürokratischem Intrigenspiel und existenziellen Rätseln. Veröffentlicht posthum im Jahr 1926, "Das Schloß" ist eines von Kafkas Hauptwerken und bekannt für seine surrealen und existenziellen Themen. Die Geschichte dreht sich um...
Published originally in 1926 and left ambiguous even to the day of Kafka's death, El castillo represents the high point of his writing career. Throughout the book, Mr. K is subjected to the intricate labyrinths of power and conflict, where to be human is to be a slave to a system...
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