The complete novels
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The complete novels
（Vintage classics）
Vintage, c1999
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The Penguin complete novels of Franz Kafka
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Originally published as: The Penguin complete novels of Franz Kafka. London : Penguin, 1983
Contents of Works
- The trial. Translation of: Der Prozess
- America. Translation of Amerika
- The castle. Translation of Das Schloss
Description and Table of Contents
Description
THE TRIAL; THE CASTLE; AMERICA- Both Joseph K in THE TRIAL and K in THE CASTLE are victims of anonymous governing forces beyond their control. Both are atomised, estranged and rootless citizens deceived by authoritarian power. Whereas Joseph K is relentlessly hunted down for a crime that remains nameless, K ceaselessly attempts to enter the castle and so belong somewhere. Together these novels may be read as powerful allegories of totalitarian government in whatever guise it appears today. In AMERICA Karl Rossmann is 'packed off to America by his parents' to experience Oedipal and cultural isolation. Here, ordinary immigrants are also strange, and 'America' is never quite as real as it seems.
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