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Translation by Tanıl Bora, foreword by Elizabeth Boa, afterword by Eric Heller, Chronology of the author and period, With visuals related to the book.
Kafka's last novel, The Castle, published after his death, is a prophetic modernist masterpiece that examines the mysterious effect of power.
Summoned to a village surrounded by snow under the shadow of a castle on a hill, K. cannot manage to surpass the mysterious curtain surrounding his employer, the count; he is hindered by the bureaucrats and villagers who defend him devotedly. The story of K., who struggles with the absurd world he has fallen into amidst the uncertainties and ebbs and flows surrounding him, seems to select from afar the point where power will evolve in modern nation-states after feudalism. The Castle is a gripping narrative that speaks to the anxieties of its time, in which Kafka masterfully conveys his unique style.
“He was a hermit with intense intuition, who was mortally afraid of life... All his works tell of the horror of people’s mysterious imaginations and their guiltless sense of guilt.” MILENA JESENSKÁ
“His art has a poignancy, a disturbing incomprehensibility that literature has never seen before.” ERICH HELLER

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Paper Type: 2. Paste

Print Count: 1. Edition

First Printing Year : 2018

Number of Pages : 386

Dimensions : 13 x 19.5

Language : Turkish