Metamorphosis and Other Stories, Paperback by Kafka, Franz; Crick, Joyce (TRN...

Description: Metamorphosis and Other Stories, Paperback by Kafka, Franz; Crick, Joyce (TRN); Robertson, Ritchie (INT), ISBN 0199238553, ISBN-13 9780199238552, Brand New, Free shipping in the US It is one of the most memorable first lines in all of literature: "When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into some kind of monstrous vermin." So begins Kafkas famous short story, The Metamorphosis. Kafka considered publishing it with two of the
stories included here in a volume to be called Punishments. The Judgment explores an enigmatic power struggle between a father and son, while In the Penal Colony examines questions of power, justice, punishment, and the meaning of pain in a colonial setting. These three stories are flanked by two
very different works. Meditation, the first book Kafka published, consists of light, whimsical, often poignant mood-pictures, while the autobiographical Letter to his Father analyzes his difficult relationship with his father in devastating detail. This new translation by Joyce Crick pays particular
attention to the nuances of Kafkas style, and the Introduction and notes by Ritchie Robertson provide guidance to this most enigmatic and rewarding of writers. There is also a Biographical Preface, an up-to-date bibliography, and a chronology of Kafkas life.

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