The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

by Franz Kafka

Overview

Excellent new English translations of title story (considered by many critics Kafka's most perfect work), plus "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report to an Academy." A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486290300
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	04/12/1996
Series:	Dover Thrift Editions
Edition description:	Unabridged
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	149,889
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	14 Years

About the Author

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was one of the giants of 20th century German literature. His stories, such as The Metamorphosis (1915), and novels, including The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal and bureaucratic world. His writing is some of the most influential in Western culture, although much of it is incomplete, and was only published posthumously.

Date of Birth:

July 3, 1883

Date of Death:

June 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Prague, Austria-Hungary

Place of Death:

Vienna, Austria

Education:

German elementary and secondary schools. Graduated from German Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague.

Table of Contents

The Judgment
The Metamorphosis
In the Penal Colony
A Country Doctor
A Report to an Academy

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"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

Editorial Reviews

In this, his most famous story, Kafka explores the notions of alienation and human loneliness. It is a work of extraordinary narrative technique and imagination. This unique edition also presents six of Kafka’s lesser-known stories.

From the Publisher