Includes, Amerika and both Joseph K in and K in are victims of forces beyond their control. Both are estranged and rootless citizens deceived by authoritarian power. Where Joseph K is relentlessly hunted for a crime that remains nameless, K ceaselessly attempts to enter the castle and so belong somewhere. In Amerika Karl rossmann also finds himself isolated and confused when he is 'packed off to America by his parents'. Here, ordinary immigrants are also strange and 'America' Is never quite as real as it seems. The classic translation by Willa and Edwin muir.