02719cam a2200397 i 4500 1857607739 TxAuBib 20250313120000.0 090217s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009005381 9780199238286 PAP 13.95 0199238286 PAP 13.95 (OCoLC)301888746 TxAuBib rda eng ger Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Schloss English. The castle [BOOK] / Franz Kafka ; translated by Anthea Bell ; with an introduction and notes by Ritchie Robertson. New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. xxxviii, 279 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Oxford world's classics Includes bibliographical references. Biographical preface -- Introduction -- Note on the text -- Note on the translation -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Franz Kafka -- The castle -- Explanatory notes. "Kafka's last novel, The Castle is set in a remote village covered almost permanently in snow and dominated by a castle and its staff of dictatorial, sexually predatory bureaucrats. The novel breaks new ground in exploring the relation between the individual and power, asking why the villagers so readily submit to an authority which may exist only in their collective imagination. Published only after Kafka's death, The Castle appeared in the same decade as modernist masterpieces by Eliot, Joyce, Woolf, Mann and Proust, and is among the central works of modern literature. This new translation by prize-winning translator Anthea Bell follows the German text established by critical scholarship, and mentions manuscript variants in the notes. The detailed introduction by Ritchie Robertson, a leading Kafka scholar, explores the many meanings of this famously enigmatic novel, providing guidance without reducing the reader's freedom to make sense of this fascinating novel. In addition, the edition includes a Biographical Preface which places Kafka within the context of his time, plus an up-to-date bibliography and chronology of Kafka's life.". 20250313. Translated from the German. Bureaucracy Fiction. Allegories. Robertson, Ritchie, writer of introduction. Bell, Anthea, (translator), 1936-2019. Oxford world's classics. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0915/2009005381-d.html Publisher description