{"product_id":"9781987817072","title":"The Castle","description":"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. As the villagers and 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 and 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.","brand":"David Rehak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137821425904,"sku":"9781987817072","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781987817072_p0.jpg?v=1763672535","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781987817072","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}