The Complete Short Stories

The Complete Short Stories

Summary

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. H. Auden

This volume contains all of Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches to longer tales. Together they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought. Some are well known, others are mere jottings, observations of daily life, given artistic form through Kafka's unique perception of the world.

Reviews

  • No other voice has borne truer witness to the dark of our times
    George Steiner

About the author

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod.
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