Name: El Castillo (in Spanish)
SKU: 49525514
Price: 601.00 TWD
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Author: Franz Kafka
ISBN: 9789877185454

Type

Physical Book

Author

Franz Kafka

Publisher

Ediciones Lea

Year

2014

Language

Spanish

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x2.3 cm

Weight

0.45 kg.

ISBN13

9789877185454

Edited in

Argentina

Synopsis "El Castillo (in Spanish)"

Published originally in 1926 and left ambiguous even to the day of Kafka's death, El castillo represents the high point of his writing career. Throughout the book, Mr. K is subjected to the intricate labyrinths of power and conflict, where to be human is to be a slave to a system that will use and then ultimately reject him. La frustración, la burocracia y la alienación del individuo en su afán de formar parte de un sistema que invariablemente lo rechaza son temas recurrentes en la obra de Franz Kafka y, particularmente, en El Castillo. Publicado originalmente en 1926, este libro que el autor dejó inconcluso al día de su muerte representa una de las máximas cumbres de su producción y ocupa un sitial de privilegio en las letras universales. El señor K, un individuo como cualquier otro, se ve sometido a los intrincados laberintos del poder, conflicto que anticipa los tiempos que vivimos, donde el ser humano parece esclavo de sistemas que lo utilizan para luego descartarlo.

Franz Kafka

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(Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1883 - Kierling, Austria, 1924) Bohemian writer in German language. His work, among the most influential in world literature, is a pioneer in the fusion of realistic elements with fantastic ones and focuses mainly on father-son conflicts, anxiety, existentialism, physical and psychological brutality, guilt, the philosophy of the absurd, bureaucracy, and spiritual transformations. He wrote notable novels and a large number of short stories, and also left behind extensive correspondence and autobiographical writings. His unique literary style has often been associated with the artistic philosophy of existentialism and expressionism. His personal relationships also had a significant impact on his writing. The term Kafkaesque is used in Spanish to describe bizarre situations, due to their absurdity and distressing nature.

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