Late-Night Blindfolded List
Discover the Late-Night Blindfolded List, a curated collection of immersive fiction for after-dark reading. Featuring Franz Kafka's The Castle and Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion, this list explores surreal, atmospheric tales perfect for losing yourself in the quiet hours. Dive into these blindfolded book picks for a haunting, unforgettable night of literary intrigue.
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Sometimes a Great Notion
by Ken Kesey
Story of the Stamper family and their struggles in the Oregon timber country.
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The Castle
by Franz Kafka
From the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial—one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—the haunting tale of K.’s relentless, unavailing struggle with an inscrutable authority in order to gain access to the Castle. Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman. 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. The Castle's original manuscript was left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published until 1926, two years after his death. Scrupulously following the fluidity and breathlessness of the sparsely punctuated original manuscript, Mark Harman’s new translation reveals levels of comedy, energy, and visual power previously unknown to English language readers.