Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Author: Franz Kafka
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2008-10-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0141900024

This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he himself thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; Meditation, a collection of his earlier studies; The Judgement, written in a single night of frenzied creativity; The Stoker, the first chapter of a novel set in America and a fascinating occasional piece, and The Aeroplanes at Brescia, Kafka's eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Author: Franz Kafka
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2009-07-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0199238553

For the 125th anniversary of Kafka's birth comes an astonishing new translation of his best-known stories, in a spectacular graphic package.

The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony and Other Stori

The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony and Other Stori
Author: Franz Kafka
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1439144591

Including his most widely recognized short works, as well as two new stories, this translation of Franz Kafka’s writings illuminate one of the century’s most controversial writers. Translated by PEN translation award-winner Joachim Neugroschel, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories has garnered critical acclaim and is widely recognized as the preeminent English-language anthology of Kafka's stories. Neugroschel’s translation of Kafka's work has made this controversial and monumental writing accessible to a whole new generation. This classic collection of forty-one great short works—including such timeless pieces of modern fiction as "The Judgment" and "The Stoker"—now includes two new stories, "First Sorrow" and "The Hunger Artist."

Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Author: Franz Kafka
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2011
Genre: Short stories
ISBN: 9781840226720

For the 125th anniversary of Kafka's birth comes an astonishing new translation of his best-known stories, in a spectacular graphic package.

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis
Author: Franz Kafka
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2021-03-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 939096024X

Franz Kafka, the author has very nicely narrated the story of Gregou Samsa who wakes up one day to discover that he has metamorphosed into a bug. The book concerns itself with the themes of alienation and existentialism. The author has written many important stories, including ‘The Judgement’, and much of his novels ‘Amerika’, ‘The Castle’, ‘The Hunger Artist’. Many of his stories were published during his lifetime but many were not. Over the course of the 1920s and 30s Kafka’s works were published and translated instantly becoming landmarks of twentieth-century literature. Ironically, the story ends on an optimistic note, as the family puts itself back together. The style of the book epitomizes Kafka’s writing. Kafka very interestingly, used to present an impossible situation, such as a man’s transformation into an insect, and develop the story from there with perfect realism and intense attention to detail. The Metamorphosis is an autobiographical piece of writing, and we find that parts of the story reflect Kafka’s own life.

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Author: Franz Kafka
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2015-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1554812240

A man awakens to find himself transformed into a giant vermin; a performer starves himself to death as a circus attraction; a fiendish engine of capital punishment engraves the letter of the law into the body of the condemned. Such are the nightmare scenarios that emerge in the short stories of Franz Kafka, one of the twentieth century’s most formative, mystifying literary figures. Though immediate in their impact, Kafka’s stories invite endless angles of interpretation, from Freudian psychology and existentialist philosophy to animal studies. This volume presents “The Metamorphosis”—together with several other of Kafka’s best and best-known stories—in a nuanced, clear, and powerful translation by Ian Johnston. The appendices provide philosophical, literary, and cultural context, as well as valuable selections from Kafka’s own letters and drawings.

Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Author: Franz Kafka
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2008-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101578793

A brilliant new translation of Kafka’s best-known work, published for the 125th anniversary of his birth This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka’s works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; Meditation, a collection of his earlier studies; The Judgement, written in a single night of frenzied creativity; The Stoker, the first chapter of a novel set in America and a fascinating occasional piece, The Aeroplanes at Brescia, Kafka’s eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafka’s literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Author: Franz Kafka
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1551998599

A classic collection of twentieth century literature, beloved the world over. "The Metamorphosis" revolves around Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman who is suddenly transformed into a large, insectile creature while asleep one night. He and his family struggle to adapt to this change, with Gregor attempting to hide his visage as much as possible, and his family struggling to make ends meet without his paycheque. The result is a bleak, often absurdist, take on the banality of everyday living. This collection also includes Kafka's "The Great Wall of China," "Investigations of a Dog," "The Burrow," "In the Penal Settlement," and "The Giant Mole." Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.