Metamorphosis and Other Stories
and Other Stories
$29.51
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2011
Summary
A compelling collection of new Kafka translations in a Penguin Classics Deluxe edition.
A brilliant new translation of Kafka’s best-known work, published for the 125th anniversary of his birth.
This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka’s works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; Meditation, a collection of his e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143105244 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143105248 |
| Author: | Franz Kafka, Michael Hofmann |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2011 |
| Weight: | 357g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 145mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
I think of a Kafka story as a perfect work of literary art, as approachable as it is strange, and as strange as it is approachable.
“I think of a Kafka story as a perfect work of literary art, as approachable as it is strange, and as strange as it is approachable.” —Michael Hofmann
About The Author
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech-born German-speaking writer. His major novels include The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926), and Amerika (1927).
Michael Hofmann (translator and introducer) has translated Joseph Roth, Hans Fallada, Herta Müller, Zoe Jenny, Wim Wenders, Wolfgang Koeppen, Durs Grünbein, and Franz Kafka. He is a professor of English at the University of Florida.
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