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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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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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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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Ratings: 4.07 From 27518 Users | 220 Reviews

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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

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?"

On the one hand, this is a book I cannot praise enough. I recommend that everyone who hasn't should read it immediately. It's one of those books that reminds you what fiction can be and can mean. It's the first book that I've read through twice in a row since Infinite Jest. On the other hand, I have to warn anyone who intends to read it that it's likely to drive you insane. The story makes your brain itch. If I had to describe it in one word I'd go with tantalizing. And that might be okay if

I feel like I've been reading this book for 6 months when in actual fact it has been just under a month and after much struggling and determination I just can't keep reading it anymore and yet a part of me wants to keep reading it even though it's a torment. I feel as though if I stop reading I'm letting myself down and missing something. Perhaps it's because I want to know what's so good about Kafka. Why do I always seem to hear Kafka praised and nothing badly said about his writing? I have no

This and Trial are extremely helpful in understanding social and work life. What's great about both of them is that you can never pin down them down to a particular allegory. You read and say, "Oh this is obviously about relating to God" and then that seems untrue, that it's about ambition and how modernity destroys the individual, and more interpretations emerge. Like fairy tales. Only problem is the paragraphs are so enormous I get squirmy.

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

There is something to be said about completed books. For one they've gone through an extensive revisions (the good ones) to trim the excess and entice the reader with premise and story. Kafka never finished The Castle. He never fully edited the piece either. One is often thrown into endless and sometimes unnecessary monologues where a character frequently repeats the same message. I felt as if Kafka said much in this book about nothing. K, the protagonist, arrives in a village with the task of