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The Castle (Penguin Modern Classics)

  • 作者 Franz Kafka
  • 出版社 Penguin
  • 出版时间 2000年12月 第1版
  • ISBN 9780141183442
  • 定价 68.00

内容简介

ThestoryofK.,theunwantedLandSurveyorwhoisnevertobeadmittedtotheCastlenoracceptedinthevillage,andyetcannotgohome,seemstodepict,likeadreamfromthedeepestrecessesofconsciousness,aninexplicabletruthaboutthenatureofexistence.Inhisintroduction,IdrisParryshowsthatduality-toKafkaaperpetualhumancondition-liesattheheartofthisessentiallyimaginativemagnumopus:dualitiesofcertaintyanddoubt,hopeandfear,reasonandnonsense,harmonyanddisintegration.Thus,TheCastleisanunfinishednovelthatfeelsstrangelycomplete,inwhichalabyrinthineworld,describedinsimplelanguageandabsurdfantasy,revealsaprofoundtruth.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

作者简介

Thesonofawell-to-domerchant,FranzKafkawasborninPraguein1883anddiedoftuberculosisinasanitoriumnearViennain1924.Afterearningalawdegreein1906,heworkedmostofhisadultlifeattheWorkersAccidentInsuranceCompanyfortheKingdomofBohemiainPrague.Onlyasmallportionofhiswritingswerepublishedduringhislifetime;mostofthem,includingthethreeunfinishednovels,Amerika,TheTrial,andTheCastle,werepublishedposthumously.MarkHarmanholdsaPh.D.fromYaleUniversityandhastaughtGermanandIrishliteratureatOberlinandDartmouth.InadditiontowritingscholarlyessaysonKafkaandothermodernauthors,hehaseditedandco-translatedRobertWalserRediscovered:Stories,Fairy-TalePlays,andCriticalResponsesandhastranslatedSouloftheAge:SelectedLettersofHermannHesse,1891-1962.HeteachesliteratureattheUniversityofPennsylvania.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

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