Collected Works

The

Collected Works include the most important novellas and short stories of Franz Kafka.

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 - 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian Jewish novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which fuses elements of realism and the fantastic, typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers, and has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include

Die Verwandlung (

The Metamorphosis),

Der Process (

The Trial), and

Das Schloss (

The Castle). The term

Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe situations like those found in his writing.

Included in this collection:

1.

The Metamorphosis (1915)

2.

A Report for an Academy (1917)

3.

Up in the Gallery (1919)

4.

Before the Law (1919)

5.

In the Penal Colony (1919)

6.

A Hunger Artist (1922)