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Franz Kafka
Kafka’s letters to Felice Bauer were written between 1912 and 1917, during which time they were twice engaged to be married. This complex relationship, which coincided with a period of…
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A new translation, based on the restored text.
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The complete novels of one of the greatest German writers of all time, collected together in one literary masterpiece. Kafka’s characters are victims of forces beyond their control, estranged and…
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The complete short stories of the 20th century’s greatest visionary ‘Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man’ W. Some are well known, others…
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The terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no…
One morning, Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. His family is understandably perturbed and he finds himself an outsider in his own home. The…
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The story of the indictment, trial and reckoning of Joseph K.
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This collection brings together the small proportion of Kafka’s works that he thought worthy of publication.
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Somebody must have laid false information against Josef K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.
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A seemingly ordinary man, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning only to discover that he has been transformed into a gigantic insect and must deal with the depression over his…
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Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plaster saints in comparison to him’ Vladimir Nabokov The story of K. K.‘s isolation and perplexity, his…
Kafka was an obsessive writer who produced a huge volume of stories, novels, diaries and letters in his brief lifetime.
Newly restored to the original text: for this new translation, Hofmann returned to Kafka’s manuscripts, restoring matters of substance and detail, and even the book’s original ending.
Includes the stories Metamorphosis ; Meditation ; The Judgement ; The Stoker ; and The Aeroplanes at Brescia .
The essential philosophical writings of one of the twentieth century s most influential writers are now gathered into a single volume with an introduction and afterword by the celebrated writer…
A fantasy novel, depicting human attempts to arrive closer to God, considered to be a symbolic classic.
Franz Kafka,Anthea Bell
Kafka’s story about a man seeking acceptance and access to the mysterious castle is among the central works of modern literature. This translation follows the German critical text and includes…
The Trial is one of the central works of modern literature. This meticulous new translation includes the chapters Kafka left incomplete and is accompanied by a biographical preface, detailed introduction…
The terrifying story of Joseph K., a respectable bank functionary, who is suddenly arrested and must spend the rest of his life fighting a charge about which he can get…
Franz Kafka,Joyce Crick
This new translation includes Kafka’s most famous story, The Metamorphosis, together with two other stories, The Judgement and In the Penal Colony, and Meditation and the autobiographical Letter to his…
A beautiful gift edition of Kafka’s classic psychological novel.
The best-known novellas and stories of one of the seminal writers of the twentieth century. Included are The Judgment , A Country Doctor , and A Hunger Artist . New…
Franz Kafka,Edwin Muir
A tale about K, who arrives in a village dominated by a castle, begging for the approval of elusive, anonymous powers. From the author of THE TRIAL.
Harman offers a brilliant new translation of the great writer’s least Kafkaesque novel, based on a German-language text that was produced by a team of international scholars, and that is…
