{"product_id":"the-castle-introduction-by-irving-howe-hardcover","title":"The Castle: Introduction by Irving Howe - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilla Muir\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eEdwin Muir\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/i\u003e, and one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century: Arriving in a village to take up the position of land surveyor for the mysterious lord of a castle, the character known as K. finds himself in a bitter and baffling struggle to contact his new employer and go about his duties. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the villagers and the Castle officials block his efforts at every turn, K.'s consuming quest-quite possibly a self-imposed one-to penetrate the inaccessible heart of the Castle and take its measure is repeatedly frustrated. Kafka once suggested that the would-be surveyor in \u003ci\u003eThe Castle \u003c\/i\u003eis driven by a wish \"to get clear about ultimate things,\" an unrealizable desire that provided the driving force behind all of Kafka's dazzlingly uncanny fictions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Irving Howe; Translation by Willa and Edwin Muir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe son of a well-to-do merchant, Franz Kafka was born in Prague in 1883 and died of tuberculosis in a sanitorium near Vienna in 1924. After earning a law degree in 1906, he worked most of his adult life at the Workers Accident Insurance Company for the Kingdom of Bohemia in Prague. Only a small portion of his writings were published during his lifetime; most of them, including the three unfinished novels, \u003ci\u003e Amerika, The Trial, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Castle, \u003c\/i\u003e were published posthumously. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Harman holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and has taught German and Irish literature at Oberlin and Dartmouth. In addition to writing scholarly essays on Kafka and other modern authors, he has edited and co-translated \u003ci\u003eRobert Walser Rediscovered: Stories, Fairy-Tale Plays, and Critical Responses\u003c\/i\u003e and has translated \u003ci\u003eSoul of the Age: Selected Letters of Hermann Hesse, 1891-1962.\u003c\/i\u003e He teaches literature at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 8.45 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756914344224,"sku":"9780679417354","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1fbd2decc007a55b53159cda516f83a1.webp?v=1780089090","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-castle-introduction-by-irving-howe-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}