The Castle

Name: The Castle
Brand: Naxos
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Author: Franz Kafka
ISBN: 9781843794066

Author: Franz Kafka

Narrator: Allan Corduner

Unabridged: 13 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 11/01/2010

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

A land-surveyor, known only as K., arrives at a small village permanently covered in snow and dominated by a castle to which access seems permanently denied. K.’s attempts to discover why he has been called constantly run up against the peasant villagers, who are in thrall to the absurd bureaucracy that keeps the castle shut, and the rigid hierarchy of power among the self-serving bureaucrats themselves. But in this strange wilderness, there is passion, tenderness and considerable humour. Darkly bizarre, this complex book was the last novel by one of the 20th century’s greatest and most influential writers.

About Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was one of the major fiction writers of the twentieth century. His unique body of writing-much of which is incomplete and which was mainly published posthumously-is considered to be among the most influential in Western literature. Among his most well known stories are "The Metamorphosis" and "In the Penal Colony," and his novels include The Trial and The Castle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on December 07, 2024

Is there a way to penetrate into high places? Are high places really high? Keeping his eyes fixed upon the Castle, K. went ahead, nothing else mattered to him. But as he came closer he was disappointed in the Castle, it was only a rather miserable little tower pieced together from village houses, di......more

Goodreads review by Valeriu on January 30, 2025

#bibliotecaafectiva Un roman neterminat (ca toate ale lui Kafka), tipărit de Max Brod după moartea autorului, în 1926. Titlul îi aparține lui Brod. Kafka a intenționat să-l scrie la persoana întîi, dar pe parcursul redactării și-a schimbat gîndul și l-a redactat la persoana a treia: „Era seară cînd K......more

Goodreads review by Mark on May 13, 2023

Warning for those wanting to read this, it is excruciating. Having said that, it is Kafka at his best. Protagonist K. enters a small village located under a large castle on a mountain, its winter, dark, cold, and forever snowing. K. enters an inn and announces he has been engaged by the Count of the......more