A Cage Went in Search of a Bird

This inspired anthology demonstrates the enduring influence of Franz Kafka’s fatalistic worldview and mordant humour … These stories will do the trick for the Kafka-curious and diehard fans alike * Publishers Weekly *Unsettling and uneasy … brimful of the dark claustrophobia that made Kafka’s work so startling and suffocating * Daily Mail *This collection is quite the achievement … both ridiculous and brilliant. Thank goodness it exists. Kafka himself would love it * i-paper *A glorious new collection of short stories inspired by the angst-ridden absurdism of the Czech writer * Harper’s Bazaar *A kaleidoscope of Kafkaesque tales woven by a brilliant and diverse array of renowned and talented authors … Readers are treated to a rich tapestry of narratives, each as captivating as it is thought-provoking * Glamour *Mind-bending and consistently enjoyable … A Cage Went in Search of a Bird is a roller coaster ride that will delight the adventuresome reader … It’s easy to imagine Kafka paging through these varied and deeply imagined tales and nodding in admiration * BookPage *Offer narratives of baffling circumscriptions, illnesses, miscommunications, and technologies. But the stories also make space for potentiality, with characters witnessing change or glimpsing future possibilities - putting Kafka’s turn-of-the-century disillusionment into conversation with our own * Poets & Writers *A boon for Kafkaheads everywhere * The Millions *Eerie, darkly comic, vertiginously varied … a refreshing range of responses to the absurdist nature of modern life * Financial Times *The writing in this collection is deft, self-referential, horrifying, and funny. In one story, the protagonist asks ‘just who, and what, is a museum for? And [are] we really ready to have this conversation?’ Here readers can ask, who is Kafka for? A Cage Went in Search of a Bird is ready to have that very conversation * Shelf Awareness *

The authors in this book live in cities from Prague to New York and have roots in places from China to Ireland to Jamaica. They have won prizes including the Pulitzer Prize, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the American Book Award, an Academy Award, multiple BAFTAs and the Writers Guild of America Award; and they have been shortlisted for many others, including the Booker Prize.