The Castle

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book The Castle by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith ISBN: 9781848704855
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd Publication: May 1, 2012
Imprint: Wordsworth Editions Language: English
Author: Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
ISBN: 9781848704855
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publication: May 1, 2012
Imprint: Wordsworth Editions
Language: English

Kafka's final novel was written during 1922, when the tuberculosis that was to kill him was already at an advanced stage. Fragmentary and unfinished, it perhaps never could have been finished; perhaps the tensions between K., the Castle and the village, K.'s struggle for acceptance or recognition by the mysterious Castle authorities or by the people of the village, never will and never can be resolved.

Like much of Kafka's work, The Castle is enigmatic and polyvalent. Is it an allegory of the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Empire as it disintegrates into modern nation states, or a quasi-feudal system giving way to a new freedom for the subject? Is it the search by a central European Jew for acceptance and integration into a dominant culture? Is it a spiritual quest for grace or salvation, or an individual's struggle between his sense of independence and his need for approval? Is K. is an opportunist, a victim, or an outsider battling against an elusive authority? Is the Castle a benign source of authority or a whimsical system of control?

Like K., the reader is presented with conflicting perspectives that rehearse the existential dilemmas and uncertainties of literary modernity.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Kafka's final novel was written during 1922, when the tuberculosis that was to kill him was already at an advanced stage. Fragmentary and unfinished, it perhaps never could have been finished; perhaps the tensions between K., the Castle and the village, K.'s struggle for acceptance or recognition by the mysterious Castle authorities or by the people of the village, never will and never can be resolved.

Like much of Kafka's work, The Castle is enigmatic and polyvalent. Is it an allegory of the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Empire as it disintegrates into modern nation states, or a quasi-feudal system giving way to a new freedom for the subject? Is it the search by a central European Jew for acceptance and integration into a dominant culture? Is it a spiritual quest for grace or salvation, or an individual's struggle between his sense of independence and his need for approval? Is K. is an opportunist, a victim, or an outsider battling against an elusive authority? Is the Castle a benign source of authority or a whimsical system of control?

Like K., the reader is presented with conflicting perspectives that rehearse the existential dilemmas and uncertainties of literary modernity.

More books from Wordsworth Editions Ltd

Cover of the book Moby Dick by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book Macbeth by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book The Pearl: Three Erotic Tales by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book Varney, the Vampyre by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book The Well of Loneliness by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book The Art of War / The Book of Lord Shang by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book Terror by Night: Classic Ghost & Horror Stories by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book Children of the Night: Classic Vampire Stories by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book Walden by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book The Iliad and the Odyssey by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book An Arsène Lupin Omnibus by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book The Picture of Dorian Gray by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book Scott's Last Expedition by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book 100 Selected Stories by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
Cover of the book The Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Franz Kafka, Tom Griffith
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy