The Castle
A New Translation Based on the Restored Text
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.
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 and baffling struggle to contact his new employer and go about his duties.
The Castle's original manuscript was left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published until 1926, two years after his death. Scrupulously following the fluidity and breathlessness of the sparsely punctuated original manuscript, Mark Harman’s new…
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December 15, 1998
FRANZ KAFKA was born in 1883 in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including “The Metamorphosis,” “The Judgment,” and “The Stoker.” He died in 1924, before completing any of his full-length novels. At the end of his life, Kafka asked his lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his unpublished work. Brod overrode those wishes.
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
The Trial
Franz Kafka; Translated with an Introduction by Idris Parry
The Castle
Franz Kafka; Translated by J. A. Underwood; Introduction by John Zilcosky
Selected Stories
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Franz Kafka
Amerika
Franz Kafka
The Burrow
Franz Kafka
Amerika
Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Franz Kafka
The Burrow and Other Stories
Franz Kafka
Letters to Felice
Franz Kafka
Aphorisms
Franz Kafka