The Complete Stories

Kafka, Franz

ISBN 10: 0805210555 / ISBN 13: 9780805210552

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1995

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Synopsis:

How many writers get their own adjective? The work of this terminally alienated master narrator of the subconscious demanded a new descriptor; I guess they gave up and just settled on "Kafkaesque." But if you ever wonder what the original Kafkaesque work was, take a look here. The book contains all of Kafka's short and longer stories -- everything but his three novels. Most of these stories weren't even published during the author's lifetime. The widely-anthologized The Metamorphosis is here, wherein Gregor Samsa awakes from uneasy dreams to find himself insectoidally transformed, as are equally lovely pieces like A Hunger Artist, A Country Doctor and A Little Woman. The only available collection that brings together all of Kafka's stories--those published during his lifetime and those released after his death.

About the Author: Franz Kafka was born in 1883 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 1924, before completing any of his full-length novels. At the end of his life, Kafka asked his lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his unpublished work. Brod overrode those wishes.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Complete Stories
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket