This edition brings together a selection of Franz Kafka’s finest works in new translations. The volume collects what Kafka himself deemed suitable for publication, providing a clear picture of his literary vision. The stories include, among other things Metamorphosis, Kafka’s best-known work, and The Judgement, written during a night of intense creativity.
Description
These new translations bring together Kafka’s most important stories, including Meditation, a collection of his earlier studies, and The Stoker, the opening chapter of a novel set in America. Also The Aeroplanes at Brescia is included, Kafka’s eyewitness account of an air show from 1909. Together they show the breadth and depth of Kafka’s literary power.
Promotional information
A collection of Kafka’s greatest stories, including his famous tale of alienation, now available in Penguin Black Classics.
Product specifications
- Author: Franz Kafka
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Language: English
- Format: B-format paperback
- Publication date: 2019-03-07
- Number of pages: 272
- ISBN: 9780241372555
- Theme: Classic fiction: literary and general
- BISAC: FICTION / Classics
About the author
Franz Kafka (Author)
Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born in Prague to Jewish parents. During his lifetime, various story collections were published, while his novels The Trial, The Castle and America were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod.
Michael Hofmann (Translator)
Michael Hofmann is a poet and translator from German. For Penguin he translated four books by Hans Fallada and various works by Franz Kafka, Ernst Jünger, Irmgard Keun, and Jakob Wassermann.