{"product_id":"the-castle-a-new-translation-based-on-the-restored-text","title":"The Castle: A new translation based on the restored text","description":"\u003cp\u003eFranz Kafkas final novel tells the haunting tale of a man known only as K. and of his relentless  unavailing struggle with an inscrutable authority in order to gain entrance to the Castle. Although Kafka seemed to consider The Castle a failure  critics  in wrestling with its enigmatic meaning  have recognized it as one of the great novels of our century.  Unfinished at Kafkas death in 1924  the manuscript of The Castle was edited for publication by Kafkas friend and literary executor  Max Brod. Both Brods edition and the English-language translation of it that was prepared by Willa and Edwin Muir in 1930 have long been considered flawed.  This new edition of Kafkas terrifying and comic masterpiece is the product of an international team of experts who went back to Kafkas original manuscript and notes to create an edition that is as close as possible to the way the author left it. The Times Literary Supplement hailed their work  saying that it will \"decisively alter our understanding of Kafka and render previous editions obsolete.\"  Mark Harmans brilliant translation closely follows the fluidity and breathlessness of the sparsely punctuated original manuscript  revealing levels of comedy  energy  and visual power that have not been previously accessible to English-language readers.  W. H. Auden likened Kafka to Dante  Shakespeare  and Goethe as the single most important writer of his age. Here  in this new edition  is a Kafka for the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966824575029,"sku":"ByrdShop_0805241183","price":77.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805241181.jpg?v=1770582047","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-castle-a-new-translation-based-on-the-restored-text","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}