Franz Kafka's novels "America" (1883-1942) "America", "Process" and short stories were published by the Folio publishing house. "Castle" - the last, unfinished and most mysterious novel of the author, which reflected all the themes and conflicts that troubled the writer during his life. At the heart of the novel, as in almost all of Kafka's works, are man's mysterious, illogical, incomprehensible relationships with the world, with the system, with power, with other people. The place of the novel has no specific geographical realities, because it absorbs the whole world. Endless winter is the author's view of human existence, full of fatigue, boredom and eternal overcoming of difficulties. Yes, the protagonist, being in an alien environment, trying to communicate with those on whom his fate now depends. But these efforts also require unjustified sacrifices: to give up one's own dignity and sincere feelings. The closer people get to the Castle, the less meaning in their actions, the more human traits they lose. K. wanders the paths of the Winter Village for six days, trying to find his way to the Castle, listening to illogical, meaningless conversations of locals. The story of the hero recalls the vicissitudes of the fate of the author himself and also tragically conveys the loneliness and helplessness of man in his confrontation with the cruelty and absurdity of life.
