by Franz Kafka · Circulo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422611868
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«El castillo» is the novel by Franz Kafka, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (328 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows K., a land surveyor who arrives in a village dominated by a castle and tries to connect with its mysterious authorities. Through attempts, dealings, and encounters, the story shows the distance between the protagonist and an inaccessible bureaucracy, with a tone that blends the real and the enigmatic.
For readers of classic fiction interested in symbolic narratives and critiques of bureaucracy.
Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements of realism and the fantastique, and typically feature isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surreal predicaments and incomprehensible bureaucratic powers. The term Kafkaesque has entered the lexicon to describe situations like those depicted in his writings. His best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1924) and The Castle (1926). He is also celebrated for his brief fables and aphorisms, which frequently incorporated comedic elements alongside the darker themes of his longer works. His work has widely influenced artists, philosophers, composers, filmmakers, literary historians, religious scholars, and cultural theorists.
