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The Castle

By Franz Kafka, J. Underwood (Translator), Idris Parry (Contributor)

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The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where heContinue

The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence. Kafka began The Castle in 1922 and it was never finished, yet this, the last of his three great novels, draws fascinating conclusions that make it feel strangely complete.

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  • Kafka: Translators on Trial

    In 1921 the Scottish poet Edwin Muir and his wife Willa gave up their jobs in London and went to live on the Continent. The dollar was strong; they hoped to make ends meet by reviewing books for the American periodical The Freeman. After a nine-month ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Tue, 24 Aug 2010

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  • A nice comment can be found here: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a…

    I am just too darn lazy to write anything at this moment. But I kinda visite the place he once lived when I was in Austria. I say "kinda" because after we drove by, my dear ... (continue)

    A nice comment can be found here: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a…

    I am just too darn lazy to write anything at this moment. But I kinda visite the place he once lived when I was in Austria. I say "kinda" because after we drove by, my dear boyfriend told me "by the way, Kafka once lived the place we just passed by".
    He thought Kafka was too dark for me, but little did he know that I read him long time a ago--before I start to appreciate Kurt's dark humor.

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