The Castle

by Franz Kafka · 1926

A land surveyor called K. struggles endlessly to reach the elusive authorities of the castle that rules a snowbound village.

Books that mention The Castle (6)

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami: “"I assume you've read some of Kafka's stories?" I nod. "The Castle, and The Trial, 'The Metamorphosis,' plus that weird story about an execution device."”
• Babel Tower by A. S. Byatt: “Among the books burned in the 'Skoob' happening: 'The Castle, The Trial, The Idiot, Madame Bovary...'”
• Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion: “Franz Kafka's The Trial and The Castle are mentioned.”
• Against Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan Sontag: “...in The Castle is trying to gain access to heaven, that Joseph K...”
• Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene: “"Olga in Kafka's novel, it will be remembered, tried to construct... an image of Klamm." (Olga and Klamm are characters from The Castle.)”
• Fury by Salman Rushdie: “Please, no obscurely menacing countryhouse sagas: Brideshead in the style of The Castle.”