{"product_id":"the-castle","title":"The Castle","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial, and one of the greatest writers of the twentieth Arriving in a village to take up the position of land surveyor for the mysterious lord of a castle, the character known as K. finds himself in a bitter and baffling struggle to contact his new employer and go about his duties. Arriving in a village to take up the position of land surveyor for the mysterious lord of a castle, the character known as K finds himself in a bitter \u0026amp; baffling struggle to contact his new employer \u0026amp; go about his duties. As the villagers \u0026amp; the Castle officials block his efforts at every turn, K’s consuming quest–quite possibly a self-imposed one–to penetrate the inaccessible heart of the Castle \u0026amp; take its measure is repeatedly frustrated. Kafka once suggested that the would-be surveyor in The Castle is driven by a wish “to get clear about ultimate things,” an unrealizable desire that provided the driving force behind all of Kafka’s dazzlingly uncanny fictions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45082113835187,"sku":"9788197167980","price":240.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/811Bk_XNuyL.jpg?v=1762891905","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-castle","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}