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Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
When the young salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous insect, his shock and incomprehension are coupled with the panic of being late for work and having to reveal his appearance to family and colleagues. Although over the following weeks he gradually becomes used to this ...Show more
Metamorphosis: and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes "Metamorphosis", his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; "Meditation", a collection of his earlier studies; "The Judgement" ...Show more
Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
A reissue of the Penguin Modern Classics edition, this collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he himself thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; Meditation ...Show more
Metamorphosis and the Trial by Franz Kafka
Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.' On the morning of his thirtieth birthday Josef K. is arrested for an unspecified crime. One morning Gregor Samsa opens his eyes ...Show more
The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka
Category: Reference
A splendid new translation of an extraordinary work of modern literature--featuring facing-page commentary by Kafka's acclaimed biographer In 1917 and 1918, Franz Kafka wrote a set of more than 100 aphorisms, known as the Zürau aphorisms, after the Bohemian village in which he composed them. Among the ...Show more
The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka; Reiner Stach (Editor); Shelley Frisch (Translator)
Category: Reference
A splendid new translation of an extraordinary work of modern literature--featuring facing-page commentary by Kafka's acclaimed biographer In 1917 and 1918, Franz Kafka wrote a set of more than 100 aphorisms, known as the Zürau aphorisms, after the Bohemian village in which he composed them. Among the ...Show more
The Burrow by Franz Kafka; Michael Hofmann (Translator)
Category: Classics
Translated by Michael Hofmann.'They come, you hear the scratch of their claws just below you in the ground, and already you are lost.'Strange beasts, night terrors, absurd bureaucrats and sinister places abound in this collection of stories by Franz Kafka. Some are less than a page long, others more sub ...Show more
The Burrow and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
A superb new translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening and visionary short fiction Strange beasts, night terrors, absurd bureaucrats and sinister places abound in this collection of stories by Franz Kafka. Some are less than a page long, others more substantial; all were unpubli ...Show more
The Castle by Franz Kafka; J. A. Underwood (Translator); Idris Parry (Introduction by)
Category: Classics
On his deathbed, Franz Kafka asked that all his unpublished manuscripts be burned. Fortunately, his request was ignored, allowing such works as The Trial to earn recognition among the literary masterpieces of the 20th century. This brilliant translation of The Castle captures comedic elements and visual ...Show more
The Castle by Franz Kafka
Category: Classics
The protagonist, known only as K., arrives in a mountain village buried under deep snows in the middle of winter, with the looming, titular, castle above it shrouded in mist. Attempting to gain contact with the inhabitants of the castle, the officials who run the bureacracy that governs the village, K. ...Show more
The Castle by Franz Kafka
Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
The tale of K's arrival in the village below the castle that seems to rule it is Kafka's magnum opus. The study of relationships, particularly between the individual and society, and between thought and action, epitomizes Kafka's vision of twentieth-century alienation and anxiety. Penguin Random House C ...Show more
The Castle by Franz Kafka
Category: Classics
Translated by J. A. Underwood with an Introduction by Idris Parry. 'K., he said, had taken the rousing from sleep, the interrogation, and the obligatory threat of explusion from the country with a very bad grace' The Castleis the story of K., the unwanted land surveyor who is never to be admitted to the ...Show more