by Franz Kafka · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437616094
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«El castillo» is the novel by Franz Kafka, published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (464 pages, in Spanish).
A surveyor, K., arrives at a village ruled by a castle to take up his job, but is told he is no longer needed. The community treats him with distrust, and K. insists on speaking with the administration, getting entangled in bureaucratic procedures that seem to lead nowhere.
The edition and translation are by Luis Acosta; the volume is number 262 of the Letras Universales collection, in its third edition.
For adult readers interested in classic fiction and Kafka's narrative in Spanish.
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.
