Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Franz Kafka, Michael Hofmann, Michael Hofmann

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German

Penguin Classics
10 January 2011

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

A compelling collection of new Kafka translations in a Penguin Classics Deluxe edition

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.

By: Franz Kafka
Introduction by: Michael Hofmann
Translated by: Michael Hofmann
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume:
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 357g
ISBN: 9780143105244
ISBN 10: 0143105248
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 10 January 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech-born German-speaking writer. His major novels include The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926), and Amerika (1927). Michael Hofmann(translator and introducer) has translated Joseph Roth, Hans Fallada, Herta M ller, Zoe Jenny, Wim Wenders, Wolfgang Koeppen, Durs Gr nbein, and Franz Kafka. He is a professor of English at the University of Florida.

Reviews for Metamorphosis and Other Stories

I think of a Kafka story as a perfect work of literary art, as approachable as it is strange, and as strange as it is approachable. <b> Michael Hofmann</b>