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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, height x width: 165x120 mm
  • Sērija : Pushkin Collection
  • Izdošanas datums: 25-Oct-2018
  • Izdevniecība: Pushkin Press
  • ISBN-10: 1782274391
  • ISBN-13: 9781782274391
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, height x width: 165x120 mm
  • Sērija : Pushkin Collection
  • Izdošanas datums: 25-Oct-2018
  • Izdevniecība: Pushkin Press
  • ISBN-10: 1782274391
  • ISBN-13: 9781782274391
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New translation of the best stories by one of the twentieth century's greatest and most influential writers







'A genius' Guardian







No one has captures the modern experience, its wild dreams, strange joys, its neuroses and boredom, better than Franz Kafka. His vision, with its absurdity and twisted humour, has lost none of its force or relevance today. This essential collection, newly selected and translated by Alexander Starritt, casts fresh light on Kafka's genius.







Alongside brutal depictions of violence and justice are jokes and deceptively slight, mysterious fables. These unforgettable pieces reflect the brilliance at the core of Franz Kafka, arguably most fully expressed within his short stories. Together they showcase a writer of unmatched imaginative depth, capable of expressing the most profound reality with a wry smile.

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Praise for The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man:

'A welcome distillation of Kafka's short fiction, essential indeed.' - Kirkus Reviews

'The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man nicely makes a case that readers should not forget Kafka's sly sense of humor and, of course, his humanity, when considering his impact on culture.' - Noah Cruickshank, Forefront, in Shelf Awareness

Praise for the work of Franz Kafka:

'The stories are dreamlike, allegorical, symbolic, parabolic, grotesque, ritualistic, nasty, lucent, extremely personal, ghoulishly detached, exquisitely comic, numinous, and prophetic.' - The New York Times

'The greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plastic saints in comparison with him.' - Vladimir Nabokov

'A genius.' - The Guardian

'[ Kafka] spoke for millions in their new unease; a century after his birth, he seems the last holy writer, and the supreme fabulist of modern man's cosmic predicament.' - John Updike

Translator's Preface 7(4)
A Message from the Emperor
11(2)
A Short Fable
13(1)
The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man
14(1)
Poseidon
15(2)
The Verdict
17(18)
The Truth about Sancho Panza
35(1)
The Bridge
36(2)
The Married Couple
38(8)
Before the Law
46(3)
A Hunger Artist
49(15)
The Trees
64(1)
The New Lawyer
65(2)
An Old Journal
67(4)
In the Penal Colony
71(44)
The Next Village
115(1)
A First Heartache
116(4)
A Report for an Academy
120(14)
Homecoming
134(2)
Jackals and Arabs
136(6)
The Silence of the Sirens
142(3)
The Stoker
145(43)
Give up!
188(3)
Translator's Acknowledgments 191
Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born to Jewish parents in Prague, and wrote in German. Most of his work was published posthumously, but he is now considered one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century.