Collected Works
Description of the book
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)
