Metamorphosis and Other Stories

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.>

Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

The Michael Hofmann translation of Kafka's story of a disorientating transformation, alongside other pioneering stories such as 'Meditation,' 'The Judgement,' 'The Stoker' and 'The Aeroplanes At Brescia.'