Saturday 25 September 2021

Kafkaesque Diversion 1.1: 'The Castle' (trans_late)

 


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"K began to take notice.  So the castle had appointed him land surveyor.  On the one hand this was to his  disadvantage, since it showed they knew all they needed to know about him up at the castle, had weighed up the balance of forces, and were entering the fray with a smile.  But on the other hand it was also to his advantage, because it showed, he felt, that they underestimated him and that he was going to have more freedom than he might have hoped for at the outset.  And if they thought that with this intellectually no doubt superior recognition of his land surveyorship they could keep him in a permanent state of fright, then they were wrong, it sent a little shiver down his spine, that was all." [1.]



"K is started.  Also Hatte is the castle for landowners.  It is therefore necessary to show that, on the basis of the castle, all over the past, the authorities shall be required to do so and so be reckoned with a dish on the grass.  However, on the other side, there is also a section of this, which is important, as it is underestimated and has more freedom, but it has also been improved.  Back to the beginning, to the end with intelligent integration for more than half the time our company will be able to decide whether to happen or what will happen."






[1.]:  Franz Kafka, 'The Castle', (Trans. A. Underwood), London/NYC, Penguin, 1997 (First Pub. 1926)




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