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Original Title:	Franz Kafka's The Castle
ISBN:	082221900X (ISBN13: 9780822219002)
Edition Language:	English

Franz Kafka's The Castle (Dramatization)

David Fishelson

Paperback | Pages: 59 pages

Rating: 4.07 | 27518 Users | 220 Reviews

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Title	:	Franz Kafka's The Castle (Dramatization)
Author	:	David Fishelson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 59 pages
Published	:	June 1st 2003 by Dramatist's Play Service (first published January 1st 2003)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Literature. Thriller. Philosophy

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There is a lot of talk about Kafka and nightmares – and with good reason. However, his nightmares are never quite what you might expect - expectations are always a problem when reading Kafka, firsst they get in the way and then they get dashed. In Metamorphosis there is the ‘yuck’ factor of the main character becoming an insect – but that is hardly the ‘nightmare’ of that book. In The Trial the point is in being accused of something, but never being told what it is you have been accused of, but still needing to defend yourself in some way all the same. The Castle is even more of a nightmare again. This book was never finished and the version I’ve just finished reading ends where Kafka abandoned it, mid-sentence, with yet another new character about to say something terribly important to the central character ‘K’. You might think that this would be a bit of a pain – in fact, the book ending was a relief. Like waking from a nightmare it really is okay that it is over. There was never going to be a happy ending to this book. That might make it sound like I didn’t enjoy reading it – and that wouldn’t be the right impression to leave you with. This is a remarkable book and one that has much to say about how we construct our reality and how we interpret the realities constructed by others to explain how their world ‘works’. That is what the book is 'about' - and a sensitive reader will be struck by how often they interpret what is going on around them with as little 'proof' to try to make sense of the world. Of course, the book could be a guide book on how to construct a totalitarian regime – if such a guide book was ever needed. Let’s face it, we humans, even the best of us, are remarkably innovative when it comes to constructing nightmares for others to live in and really don’t need any instructions from fiction. I mean, Abu Ghraib anyone? No, I think not. The way to construct a Kafkaesque nightmare – if you are ever in charge of such things and are feeling a little bored – is to add endless levels to society and virtually no real communication between any of these levels - except, of course orders that must be followed - but must be first interpreted by those who receive them. Then create bizarre rituals (investigations or committee meetings or such) that either have no meaning at all or infinitely more meaning than can be guessed from them. These can take place in bedrooms, so they appear to be informal, but actually are the opposite. Make sure minor decisions that seem to have no import end up being life altering in ways that are completely unpredictable. In fact, make sure that just about every outcome can’t be predicted prior to it happening. Yes, I know, it all sounds a bit like home… Which is the problem with reading Kafka – it is very familiar, it is the familiar turned up loud. But then, aren’t those always the worst kind of nightmares?

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I am told this is a masterpiece of existentialist and absurdist literature, and the influence on modern art is unmistakable. Having said that, reading Kafka is like watching a prolonged Mentos commercial, it inspires a puzzled frown and the quizzical thought, "Is that German?"

The fact that Kafka died before he resolved the plot made this novel more of a mystery to me. The plot is slow; a man enters a city and wishes to speak to the head of the castle, yet cannot seem to break through the bureaucracy to even get a foot in the door. Towards the end of the novel, he actually seems to be getting somewhere (although not through the proper channels) and it abruptly cuts off as it gets to the good stuff! I felt that the main character's struggles are so analagous the the

This is my favorite book that I've never actually finished. But then Kafka never finished it either.

I truly enjoyed the allegory on unresponsive bureaucracy, the subtext of mockery on the system of management and its feigned alienation, absolutely unneeded scrupulosity and mainly the frustration of attempts to conduct business and request help from arbitrary and elusive controlling systems. Yet,Although I'm a huge lover of Kafka, I found this book....let's keep it simple - dull. I seem to have been reading this book for a thousand years.I guess this arises from the fact that the Kafka died

I'm a huge lover of Kafka but I was somewhat bored by most of this book, even though the general concept and backdrop is intriguing in its very Kafkaesque fashion. One must remember the book was not published, so unlike most literature, it suffers from the lack of polish that we would find had it been edited or intended for publication. The book is interesting enough for its originality, with the setting of an obscure and enigmatic village where the main character K has arrived on official



Reading Kafka's "The Castle" is like being trapped inside the head of a mental patient. It's irrational, stifling, claustrophobic, and filled with the sound of an unrelenting inner monologue that is helplessly compelled to analyze even the minutest occurrence for significance. The voice is ponderous, implacable and unremitting in its droning monotony. I almost agree with the author himself who requested the manuscript to be burned upon his death. There was, however, one glimmer of an interesting