The Castle is the story of K the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village & yet cannot go home As he encounters dualities of certainty & doubt hope & fear & reason & nonsense K's struggles in the absurd labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence Kafka began The Castle in 1922 & it was never finished yet this the last of his three great novels draws fascinating conclusions that make it feel strangely complete