The castle

Kafka, Franz 1883-1924 (Author). Bell, Anthea. (Added Author).

Summary: K. kept feeling that he had lost himself, or was further away in a strange land than anyone had ever been before'A remote village covered almost permanently in snow and dominated by a castle and its staff of dictatorial, sexually predatory bureaucrats - this is the setting for Kafka's story about a man seeking both acceptance in the village and access to the castle. Kafka breaks new ground in evoking a dense village community fraught with tensions, and recounting an often poignant, occasionally farcical love-affair. He also explores the relation between the individual and power, and asks why t.

Record details

ISBN: 0191570478
ISBN: 9780191570476
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxviii, 279 pages).
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Publisher: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Biographical Preface; Introduction; Note on the Text; Note on the Translation; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Franz Kafka; THE CASTLE; Explanatory Notes.
Target Audience Note:	1280L Lexile
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.