An edition of Das Schloß (1926)

Le Château

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An edition of Das Schloß (1926)

Le Château

  • 4.50 ·
  • 20 Ratings
  • 202 Want to read
  • 16 Currently reading
  • 30 Have read

K. cherche à rencontrer son employeur afin de prendre ses fonctions. Quoi de plus courant ? A l'image de cette motivation, le langage de Kafka est simple et sobre, contrairement aux péripéties engendrées par ce désir pourtant banal, mais dont la réalisation dépend du château. Cet édifice surplombe le village et en abrite toute l'administration. Trônant sur le destin de tous les habitants, il est impénétrable et, comme tout ce qui sert de point de référence à la quête de K., est investi d'une autorité que personne ne mesure vraiment. Dans cet univers en apparence immuable, même le temps échappe à la compréhension du héros pathétique, dont les repères sont de plus en plus intangibles et fluctuants. Mais K. est-il vraiment à plaindre, lui qui refuse de fuire et persiste à vouloir s'intégrer dans cette logique, insaisissable pour l'étranger comme pour l'autochtone ? Dans ce roman qui, par son travail sur le permanent et le fluctuant, atteint à un équilibre prodigieux entre la claustrophobie et le vertige, Kafka met en scène de manière saisissante la montée progressive de l'angoisse. On comprend alors que Rushdie s'en soit inspiré pour Grimus, réflexion sur la valeur identitaire de l'obsession.

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LGF
Language
French
Pages
391

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The Castle
The Castle
2009, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: El castillo
El castillo
2001, Edaf, Editorial Edaf, S.L.
Paperback
Cover of: Le Château
Le Château
2001, LGF
Paperback in French
Cover of: Das Schloss
Das Schloss
December 1994, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag
Paperback in German
Cover of: Das Schloss
Das Schloss: Roman
1994, Fischer Taschenbuch
in German
Cover of: Le château
Le château
1984, Presses Pocket
in French
Cover of: The Castle
The Castle
1959, Knopf
in English - Definitive ed.
Cover of: Das Schloss
Das Schloss: Roman
1935, S. Fischer
in English
Cover of: Das Schloss
Das Schloss: Roman
1926, Kurt Wolff Verlag
in German
Cover of: Das Schloss
Das Schloss
Publisher unknown
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Edition Notes

Translation Of
Das Schloß
Translated From
German

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
391
Dimensions
7.1 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
Weight
3.3 pounds

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OL8888296M
Internet Archive
lechteau0000fran
ISBN 10
2253150169
ISBN 13
9782253150169
Library Thing
9615
Goodreads
1289569

Work Description

The Castle (original title: "Das Schloß") is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence. Kafka began The Castle in 1922 and it was never finished, yet this, the last of his three great novels, draws fascinating conclusions that make it feel strangely complete.

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