The Castle

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 beganThe 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. About the Author Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novelsThe TrialThe Castle andAmerika were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod. <i>The Castle</i> 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 <i>The Castle</i> 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.