Best Short Stories

A Dual Language Book

Franz Kafka, Stanley Appelbaum, Stanley Appelbaum

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Dover
01 April 1997

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation; Languages & ESL; German - Bilingual Reader; German - Classics; German - Reader; German - Languages

Series: Dover Dual Language German

Students of German language and literature will welcome this collection of 5 stories by one of the greatest modern writers. Included are The Metamorphosis, The Judgment, In the Penal Colony, A Country Doctor and A Report to an Academy. Original German texts accompanied by new, literal English translations on facing pages.

By: Franz Kafka
Edited by: Stanley Appelbaum
Translated by: Stanley Appelbaum
Imprint: Dover
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9780486295619
ISBN 10: 0486295613
Series: Dover Dual Language German
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 April 1997
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

The Judgment
( Das Urteil ; better translation of title, The Sentence ; written night of Sept. 22/23, 1912; first pub. in the annual magazine Arkadia, Leipzig, 1913; first book pub., Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1916)
The Metamorphosis
( Die Verwandlung ; alternate translation of title, The Transformation ; written Nov. 17-Dec. 6, 1912; first pub. in the monthly Die weissen Blatter, Leipzig, Oct. 1915; first book pub.,Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1915)
In the Penal Colony
( In der Strafkolonie ; written mid-Oct. 1914; first pub. As book, Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1919)
A Country Doctor
( Ein Landarzt ; written in the winter of 1916/1917, completed by the end of Feb. 1917; first pub. In the almanac Die neue Dichtung, Leipzig, 1918; first book pub. In collected vol. Ein Landarzt, Kurt Wolff Verlag, Munich and Leipzig, 1919)
A Report to an Academy
( Ein Bericht fur eine Akademie; composition finished by Apr. 22, 1917; first pub. In the monthly Der Jude, Berlin and Vienna, Nov. 1917; first book pub. In collected vol. Ein Landarzt, Kurt Volff Verlg, Munkch and Leipzig, 1919)