num_pages: 280
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Castle
titlecomplete: The Castle
characters: Hans Brunswick, Fräulein Gisa, Gerstäcker, Barnabas' Vater, Artur und Jeremias, Lasemann, Schwarzer, Momus, Pepi, Sortini, Frau Brunswick, Mizzi, Frieda, Grafen Westwest, Erlanger, Herrenhof Wirt, Dorfvorsteher, Seemann, Galater, Barnabas, Herrenhof Wirtin, Olga, Brügel, Klamm, Lehrer, Amalia, Otto Brunswick, Barnabas' Mutter, K., Sordini, Friedrich, Gardena
genres: Fiction, Czech Literature, 20th Century, Classics, Philosophy, Dystopia, German Literature, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 59716
places: Czechoslovakia
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: J.A. Underwood
publisher: Penguin