Metamorphosis and Other Stories, 9780241436240
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Kafka’s unsettling visions: transformation, alienation, and the bizarre unfold.
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Metamorphosis and Other Stories

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    30 March 2020

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Summary

Kafka’s Essential Tales: Metamorphosis and Beyond

A curated collection of Kafka’s most impactful short fiction, meticulously translated by Michael Hofmann. This edition revisits the Penguin Modern Classics, presenting the select few pieces Kafka himself deemed fit for publication.

Included are:

  • Metamorphosis: Kafka’s signature exploration of terrifying change and isolation.
  • Meditation: An assembly of Kafka’s early refl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241436240
ISBN-10:0241436249
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
Author:Franz Kafka, Michael Hofmann
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:30 March 2020
Weight:205g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 15mm
About The Author

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (Author)

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.

Michael Hofmann (Translator)

Michael Hofmann is a poet and translator from the German. For Penguin he has translated four books by Hans Fallada, in addition to works by Franz Kafka, Ernst Jünger, Irmgard Keun and Jakob Wassermann.

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