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Additional authors

1. Neugroschel, Joachim

Description

1. xxiii, 293 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

1. "For the first time in fifty years, the greatest short works--including such classics of modern fiction as The metamorphosis, The judgment, and The stoker--are given a new life in an English free of anachronism. These new translations bring to light more clearly one of this century's most controversial and thought-provoking writers. Translated by PEN Translation Award-winner Joachim Neugroschel, The metamorphosis, In the penal colony, and other stories garnered critical acclaim and has made Kafka's work accessible to a whole new generation. This edition anthologizes twenty-eight of Kafka's best short works, including In the penal colony, which is new to this collection."--Publisher's description.

Subject

1. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 > Translations into English
2. 1900-1999
3. Short stories, Austrian > Translations into English

Genre/Form

1. Short stories
2. Fiction
3. Translations

Contents

1. Conversation with the worshiper -- Conversation with the drunk -- Great noise -- Children on the highway -- Exposing a city slicker -- The sudden stroll -- Decisions -- The outing in the mountains -- The bachelor's unhappiness -- The businessman -- Absently gazing out -- The way home -- The people running by -- The passenger -- Frocks -- The rejection -- Reflections for amateur jockeys -- The window facing the street -- The wish to be an Indian -- The trees -- Unhappiness -- The judgment -- The stoker -- The metamorphosis -- In the Penal Colony --The new lawyer -- A country doctor -- Up in the gallery -- An ancient manuscript -- Before the law -- Jackals and Arabs-- A visit to the mine -- The next village -- An imperial message -- The anxiety of the head of family -- Eleven sons -- A fratricide -- A dream -- A report for an academy.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Translated from the German.

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