The Castle

Author

Franz Kafka

Original Work

The Castle

Translator

J. A. Underwood

Foreword / Afterword

Idris Parry

Language

English

Year

2009

Publisher

Penguin

Country

United Kingdom

Pages

133

ISBN

978-0141904153

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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 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.— Google Books