{"product_id":"o-castelo","title":"The Castle","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe can read “The Castle” (and “The Trial”, and “Amerika”) because of an ignoble act of disrespect for his wishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story is simple: \u003cspan\u003eMax Brod, his best friend, confidant, and publisher, refused to follow express instructions to burn all unpublished work after his death. Instead, he decided to publish it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It is to him that we owe the preservation and publication of Kafka's work\", it is said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor me, it is simpler. He betrayed the wishes of his best friend. \u003cbr\u003eAnd we are the ones peeping through the keyhole.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Castle\" - \u003cem\u003ehospitality is not a custom here, and we do not need visitors\u003c\/em\u003e - was published posthumously (1926), unfinished: the individual, crushed by an insurmountable authority. Absurd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are realities that remain inevitably incomplete. \u003cbr\u003eAnd we have to live with that. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1883, in Prague, into a German-speaking Jewish family. He studied Law and worked for an insurance company his whole life. He wrote part-time and only published short texts during his lifetime. He died in 1924 of tuberculosis, leaving three “almost” novels: The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relógio D'Água","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597907624202,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/2729\/6266\/files\/9789897831027.webp?v=1754311921","url":"https:\/\/www.malditalivraria.com\/en\/products\/o-castelo","provider":"Maldita Livraria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}