The Castle

Name: The Castle
Author: Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka

Novel of a man's futile struggle to reach a mysterious castle and meet its elusive authority

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Franz Kafka

Czech-German novelist and short story writer whose profoundly influential works explore themes of alienation, existential dread, and bureaucratic oppression. His name gave rise to the adjective 'Kafkaesque' to describe nightmarish modern predicaments.

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