num_pages: 512
description: The story of Land Surveyor K. and his passionate attempts to reach the Castle is one of the classics of twentieth-century letters and, with The Trial, has been chiefly responsible for keeping Franz Kafka's name continuingly significant to our time. The present edition of The Castle is based on the greatly expanded text of the most recent, and definitive German edition.
language: English
title: The Castle
titlecomplete: The Castle
characters: Olga, Friedrich, Grafen Westwest, Seemann, Gardena, Gerstäcker, Klamm, Brügel, Frieda, Pepi, Lasemann, Herrenhof Wirt, Herrenhof Wirtin, Galater, Artur und Jeremias, Barnabas, Erlanger, Barnabas' Mutter, Dorfvorsteher, K., Fräulein Gisa, Mizzi, Momus, Sortini, Amalia, Barnabas' Vater, Lehrer, Frau Brunswick, Sordini, Hans Brunswick, Otto Brunswick, Schwarzer
genres: Fiction, Philosophy, German Literature, Literature, Czech Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Dystopia
ratings_count: 59726
places: Czechoslovakia
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: J.A. Underwood
publisher: Vintage Books