Metamorphosis and Other Stories Franz Kafka (author), Michael Hofmann (translator)

Categories: Contemporary Fiction Classic Books & Novels Short Story Books Fiction In Translation Metamorphosis and Other Stories Franz Kafka (author), Michael Hofmann (translator) Short stories Paperback (07 Mar 2019) Publisher's Synopsis 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, a collection of his earlier studies; The Judgement, written in a single night of frenzied creativity; The Stoker, the first chapter of a novel set in America and a fascinating occasional piece, and The Aeroplanes at Brescia, Kafka's eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought. Book information ISBN: 9780241372555 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Classics Pub date: 07 Mar 2019 Edition: Short stories DEWEY: 833.912 DEWEY edition: 23 Language: English Number of pages: 272 Weight: 206g Height: 130mm Width: 197mm Spine width: 15mm