Der Verschollene von Franz Kafka: Lektüreschlüssel mit Inhaltsangabe, Interpretation

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Seventeen-year-old Karl Rossmann is seduced by a maid, who then bears a child. As punishment, his parents banish him to America, where Karl initially stays with a wealthy uncle in New York, who supports him. When this uncle releases him from his care due to unfortunate circumstances, Karl must navigate this strange world, which seems mysterious and opaque to him, all on his own.

Kafka's unfinished novel was first published posthumously in 1927 under the title Amerika.