Overview
Una de las obras más perfectas de su autor, la culminación de la poética kafkiana.
Joseph K. ha llegado a un pueblo para ejercer de agrimensor. Ha sido llamado para prestar sus servicios. No obstante, antes de ponerse manos a la obra, necesita aclarar algunas cuestiones con las autoridades de un castillo que se enseñorea los dominios del pueblo y obtener su beneplácito. Lo que sigue es un peregrinaje infinito de Joseph K. por las calles de este pueblo con el objetivo de acceder a las autoridades del castillo y poder cumplir así con su cometido.
El Castillo, un imprescindible de la ficción distópica sobre la burocracia opresiva y la dificultad de alcanzar la justicia, temas tan universales como actuales.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
One of the author’s most accomplished works, the culmination of Kafka’s literary vision.
Joseph K. arrives in a village to work as a land surveyor. He has been summoned to provide his services. However, before he can begin his work, he must clarify certain matters with the authorities of a castle that looms over the village and controls its domain, and obtain their approval. What follows is Joseph K.’s endless journey through the village streets in an attempt to gain access to the castle’s authorities and finally carry out his task.
The Castle, an essential work of dystopian fiction about oppressive bureaucracy and the difficulty of attaining justice, themes as universal as they are relevant today.
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