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The Castle
Franz Kafka
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Description for The Castle
Paperback. Kafka's novel is a study of relationships, particularly between the individual and society and between thought and action. K's isolation and perplexity and his begging for the approval of elusive and anonymous powers, epitomize Kafka's vision of 20th-century alienation and anxiety. Translator(s): Underwood, J. A. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
'He is the greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plaster saints in comparison to him' Vladimir Nabokov
The story of K. and his arrival in a village where he is never accepted, and his relentless, unavailing struggle with authority in order to gain entrance to the castle that seems to rule it. K.'s isolation and perplexity, his begging for the approval of elusive and anonymous powers, epitomises Kafka's vision of twentieth-century alienation and anxiety.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Weight
219g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749399528
SKU
V9780749399528
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About Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (Author) Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was born into a Jewish family in Prague. In 1906 he received a doctorate in jurisprudence, and for many years he worked a tedious job as a civil service lawyer investigating claims at the State Worker's Accident Insurance Institute. He never married, and published only a few slim volumes of stories during ... Read more
Reviews for The Castle
Every time you read The Castle, you find something new in it
Sunday Times
Kafka discovered the hitherto unknown possibilities of the novel
Milan Kundera Kafka may be the most important writer of the twentieth century
J. G. Ballard
Sunday Times
Kafka discovered the hitherto unknown possibilities of the novel
Milan Kundera Kafka may be the most important writer of the twentieth century
J. G. Ballard