The castle kafka5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() He tries to make his way there but neither the main road nor any side street seems to lead that way. In the morning, K can see the Castle up on a hill overlooking the village. K explains who he is, and they make a call to the Castle to verify. K is woken in the middle of the night by a villager who tells him he needs permission from the Castle to stay in the village. Instead he is given a cot to sleep in in the reception area. He is late, having chosen to walk through the snow and there are now no rooms available at the inn. K, a land surveyor arrives in a small village. A tale of bureaucratic paralysis, invisible barriers and a labyrinth of obstacles that splinter into more obstacles, The Castle unnerves with its depiction of a pointless, frustrating existence. Along with The Trial and Amerika, The Castle is one of the novels Franz Kafka left unfinished at his death. ![]()
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