Judgment·Castle (World Literary Library)

Author: Kafka
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Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Features: The novel The Castle prominently showcases Kafka's artistic characteristics as a master of modernist literature. The story depicts the protagonist K traveling to a village in the domain of a castle, attempting to enter it. He employs all means: pretending to be a land surveyor, seducing the mistress of a castle official, seeking the village head, working as a school janitor, and so on. As a result, he fails to enter the castle.