· The Metamorphosis and Other Stories collects more than 30 of Kafka's best-known stories in a new translation including "The Metamorphosis," "In the Penal Colony," "The Hunger Artist," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report to an Academy." The Metamorphosis and Other Stories is one of Barnes Noble's Collectible Editions www.doorway.ru: Barnes Noble. · Franz Kafka (–) was born into a Jewish family in Prague. In he received a doctorate in jurisprudence, and for many years he worked a tedious job as a civil service lawyer investigating claims at the State Worker's Accident Insurance Institute. He never married, and published only a few slim volumes of stories during his lifetime. Summary. Kafka wrote "The Metamorphosis" at the end of , soon after he finished "The judgment," and it is worth noting that the two stories have much in common: a businessman and bachelor like Georg Bendemann of "The judgment," Gregor Samsa is confronted with an absurd fate in the form of a "gigantic insect," while Georg is confronted by absurdity in the person of his father.
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) Franz Kafka. out of 5 stars. Paperback. $ $ Get it as soon as Monday, Sep FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis exists in the same terrifyingly absurd sort of world as so many of his other stories. His characters are often oppressed by isolation and a sense of futility, and as such the horror they experience is part and parcel with the very act of living. Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and Other Stories is translated from the German with an introduction by Michael Hofmann in Penguin Modern Classics. This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he thought worthy of publication.
Franz Kafka was born in in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including “The Metamorphosis,” “The Judgment,” and “The Stoker.” He died in , before completing any of his full-length novels. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories collects more than 30 of Kafka's best-known stories in a new translation including "The Metamorphosis," "In the Penal Colony," "The Hunger Artist," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report to an Academy." The Metamorphosis and Other Stories is one of Barnes Noble's Collectible Editions classics. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories reveals the author’s extraordinary talent in a variety of forms—prose poems, short stories, sketches, allegories, and novelettes—and showcases the straight–faced humor, startling psychological insight, and haunting imagination for which he is revered as a modern master. In this brilliant new translation, prize–winning translator Joachim Neugroschel preserves the delicate balance, rich timbre, and wondrous language of Kafka’s original works.
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