In the bizarre world of Franz Kafka, salesmen turn into giant bugs, apes give lectures at college academies, and nightmares probe the mysteries of modern humanitys unhappiness. More than any other modern writer in world literature, Kafka captures the loneliness and misery that fill the lives of 20th-century humanity. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories reveals the authors extraordinary talent in a variety of formsprose poems, short stories, sketches, allegories, and novelettesand showcases the straightfaced humor, startling psychological insight, and haunting imagination for which he is revered as a modern master. In this brilliant new translation, prizewinning translator Joachim Neugroschel preserves the delicate balance, rich timbre, and wondrous language of Kafkas original works. In addition to The Metamorphosis, this collection includesEarly Stories, Contemplation, The Judgement, The Stoker,In the Penal Colony, and A Country Doctor.
