This volume collects the shorter fiction Franz Kafka completed or published in his lifetime and the unfinished pieces found afterwards. It includes The Judgment, written in a single night, The Metamorphosis, in which Gregor Samsa wakes up as a giant insect, In the Penal Colony, with its torture machine, and A Hunger Artist, about a man who fasts as a performance. It also holds brief parables such as Before the Law and A Country Doctor. The stories share a world where authority is mysterious, guilt is unexplained and ordinary logic fails.
It suits readers who want to read Kafka's short work in one place, whether they're new to him or returning. It's also useful to students tracing recurring ideas, such as family pressure, bureaucracy and alienation.
Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Literary Connoisseur. Which reader are you?
- ISBN
- 9783596210787
- Language
- DE
