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.