Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Franz Kafka, Michael Hofmann

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Penguin
17 May 2019

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation

A collection of Kafka's greatest stories, including his famous tale of alienation, now in Penguin Black Classics

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.

By: Franz Kafka
Translated by: Michael Hofmann
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 203g
ISBN: 9780241372555
ISBN 10: 0241372550
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 17 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod.Michael Hofmann is a translator and the author of several books of poetry and criticism. Penguin publish his translations of Franz Kafka, Hans Fallada, Irmgard Keun and Jakob Wassermann.