ISBN 9780436230417. Hardback. Ninth printing of 1930 English translation of 1926 German original. Slight wear to corners and edges; minor dust soiling to boards; red marker "140" on upper right corner of front paste down; small stains on lower edge of front paste down and end paper and on lower right corner of pages 152-55; slight browning throughout; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Fair condition dust jacket with numerous chips and several closed tears repaired with clear tape; heavy browning to spine; minor browning and dust soiling overall. We have placed dust jacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described.\.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Castle

Publisher

KnopfBorzoi

Publication Date

1949

ISBN 10

0436230410

ISBN 13

9780436230417

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

Later Edition.

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust jacket included

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No Signature

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Fiction

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Synopsis

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)

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. As the villagers and the Castle officials block his efforts at every turn, K.’s consuming quest–quite possibly a self-imposed one–to penetrate the inaccessible heart of the Castle and take its measure is repeatedly frustrated. Kafka once suggested that the would-be surveyor in The Castle is driven by a wish “to get clear about ultimate things,” an unrealizable desire that provided the driving force behind all of Kafka’s dazzlingly uncanny fictions.

Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir

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Introduction by Irving Howe; Translation by Willa and Edwin Muir

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