In 1926 Brod persuaded Kurt Wolff to publish the first German edition of The Castle in his publishing house. Due to its unfinished nature and his desire to get Kafka's work published, Max Brod took some editorial freedom.

He is the castle official that assigned the assistants to K. He was also "rescued" by Barnabas' father in a minor fire at the Herrenhof Inn.

Despite first language, Kafka also spoke fluent Czech. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of the French language and culture from Flaubert, one of his favorite authors. Those who wield earthly power don’t sit high like Olympian gods they hide behind the closed doors concealed in the endless bureaucratic corridors. Do they really wield power? It is snowing and does not want to stop at all, as if the weather were in accord with such a gloomy and depressing mood. The three star rating reflects more on the way it made me feel at the end (or non-end in this case)

Como sucediera con Leni, la secretaria del abogado de Josef K., en El proceso, Frieda utilizará todos los recursos de sirena que posee para intentar seducir a K., y lo consigue. Mă gîndesc că Franz Kafka a procedat, ca de obicei, ironic. Cînd citea prietenilor dintr-un manuscris de-al lui, era primul care se amuza. Deci, a construit o tramă și a lăsat restul în voia cititorilor. Care nu duc niciodată lipsă de imaginație, abia așteaptă un impuls. Kafka va quindi interpretato e non semplicemente letto, in base al suo pensiero filosofico, la sua vita, il suo tempo, la sua concezione religiosa, i suoi problemi esistenziali, non farlo lascia il lettore in uno stato di oblio e confusione, un groviglio inestricabile di non sensi e situazioni al limite del grottesco, incapace di cogliere fino in fondo le tante allusioni, le similitudini e gli infiniti possibili significati racchiusi nella sua opera. In 1961 Malcolm Pasley was able to gain control of the manuscript, along with most of the other Kafka writings (save The Trial) and had it placed in the Oxford's Bodleian library. There, Pasley headed a team of scholars and recompiled Kafka's works into the Critical Edition. The Castle Critical Edition, in German, consists of two volumes—the novel in one volume and the fragments, deletions and editor's notes in a second volume. They were published by S. Fischer Verlag in 1982, hence occasionally referred to as the "Fischer Editions". Gardena, al igual que Grete y Brunelda en El desaparecido es de dimensiones importantes y no queda claro qué veía Kafka en las mujeres gordas para dotar a sus personajes femeninos con esta característica. Lo cierto es que Gardena es bondadosa y respetada en oposición al personaje de Brunelda, pero al principio es ruda con K.: «Usted no es del castillo. Usted no es de la aldea. Usted no es nadie».Do you have favorite stories about castles? Do you enjoy fantastical, romance, or horror castle books more? Let us know in the comments. In Prague, the Clam-Gallas Palace is pronounced the same way and may have influenced Kafka to use this multiple meaning of the Clam-Klamm.