Franz Kafka Stories 1904-1924
$37.02
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
18 April 1995
Summary
From the expressionism of his early prose pieces to his very last work, JOSEPHINE, these stories cover the full range of Kafka’s writing career, culminating in THE METAMORPHOSIS, which Elias Canetti described as “one of the few great and perfect works of poetic imagination written during this century.”
Kafka’s stories, argues Borges in his foreword, are superior even to his novels, which is why this collection “gives us the full dimesion of this unique writer.” J.A Underwood’s acclaim…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349106595 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349106592 |
| Author: | Franz Kafka |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 18 April 1995 |
| Weight: | 191g |
| Dimensions: | 149mm x 100mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
Underwood has revitalised that world of painful pedantry and comic obsession… He writes with rhythm, confidence and flair… A typically brief and brilliant foreword by Jorge Luis Borges… Acquire this necessary book. - MARTIN AMIS, OBSERVER
A careful and sensitive English rendering of all the stories published in book form during Kafka’s lifetime. - GUARDIANA translation that lets us meet his work as something real, - TIME OUTAbout The Author
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka is one of the most original, enigmatic, and disturbing of the great modern European writers.
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