THE METAMORPHOSIS AND OTHER STORIES
by Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis and Other
Stories, by Franz Kafka, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series,
which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the
general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of
carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes &
Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to
superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest.
Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of
influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's
understanding of these enduring works. Virtually unknown during his lifetime,
Franz Kafka is now one of the world’s most widely read and discussed authors.
His nightmarish novels and short stories have come to symbolize modern man’s anxiety
and alienation in a bizarre, hostile, and dehumanized world. This vision is
most fully realized in Kafka’s masterpiece, The Metamorphosis,” a story that is
both harrowing and amusing, and a landmark of modern literature. Bringing
together some of Kafka’s finest work, this collection demonstrates the richness
and variety of the author’s artistry. The Judgment,” which Kafka considered to
be his decisive breakthrough, and The Stoker,” which became the first chapter
of his novel Amerika, are here included. These two, along with The
Metamorphosis,” form a suite of stories Kafka referred to as The Sons,” and
they collectively present a devastating portrait of the modern family. Also
included are In the Penal Colony,” a story of a torture machine and its operators
and victims, and A Hunger Artist,” about the absurdity of an artist trying to
communicate with a misunderstanding public. Kafka’s lucid, succinct writing
chronicles the labyrinthine complexities, the futility-laden horror, and the
stifling oppressiveness that permeate his vision of modern life. Jason Baker is
a writer of short stories living in Brooklyn, New York.
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