{"product_id":"the-castle-franz-kafka-9781454970934","title":"The Castle","description":"\u003cb\u003eA darkly comic novel from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eThe Castle \u003c\/i\u003efollows a man grappling with his inscrutable new master's authority, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square \u0026amp; Co. Signature Classics Line.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published posthumously in 1926, \u003ci\u003eThe Castle\u003c\/i\u003e is Franz Kafka's final, unfinished novel, and a dark, surrealistic exploration of bureaucracy and alienation. Known or its absurdity and labrinthine plot, the novel follows a land surveyor known as \"K\" who, after moving for work, is drawn to a mysterious yet inaccessible castle that governs his new village. Irving Howe praised the book as projecting \"a greater strength of will than we have encountered in Kafka's earlier writings\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ean effort to overcome the muteness of existence.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Franz Kafka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1454970936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781454970934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Union Square \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.64d","brand":"Franz Kafka","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801462845695,"sku":"9781454970934","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-castle-franz-kafka-9781454970934","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}