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The Complete Stories by Kafka, Franz

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A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the book cover but the book is still completely intact. The binding may be slightly damaged around the edges but it is still completely intact. May have some underlining and highlighting of text and some writing in the margins, but there are no missing pages or anything else that would compromise the readability or legibility of the text. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
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ISBN
9780805210552

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0805210555
ISBN-13
9780805210552
eBay Product ID (ePID)
661517

Product Key Features

Book Title
Complete Stories
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Topic
Classics, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
Genre
Fiction
Author
Franz Kafka
Book Series
The Schocken Kafka Library
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
88-018418
Reviews
"[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." -from the Foreword by John Updike Β  "The distinction Kafka, or his heroes, draw between this world and the world does not imply that there are two different worlds, only that our habitual conceptions of reality are not the true conception." -W. H. Auden Β  "An important book, valuable in itself and absolutely fascinating. The stories are dreamlike, allegorical, symbolic, parabolic, grotesque, ritualistic, nasty, lucent, extremely personal, ghoulishly detached, exquisitely comic, numinous, and prophetic." -The New York Times, "[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." -from the Foreword by John Updike "The distinction Kafka, or his heroes, draw between this world and the world does not imply that there are two different worlds, only that our habitual conceptions of reality are not the true conception." -W. H. Auden "An important book, valuable in itself and absolutely fascinating. The stories are dreamlike, allegorical, symbolic, parabolic, grotesque, ritualistic, nasty, lucent, extremely personal, ghoulishly detached, exquisitely comic, numinous, and prophetic." -The New York Times
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
833.912
Table Of Content
FOREWORD BY JOHN UPDIKE TWO INTRODUCTORY PARABLES Before the Law* An Imperial Message* THE LONGER STORIES Description of a Struggle Wedding Preparations in the Country The Judgment* The Metamorphosis* In the Penal Colony * The Village Schoolmaster [The Giant Mole ] Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor The Warden of the Tomb A Country Doctor* The Hunter Gracchus The Hunter Gracchus: A Fragment The Great Wall of China The News of the Building of the Wall: A Fragment A Report to an Academy * A Report to an Academy: Two Fragments The Refusal A Hunger Artist* Investigations of a Dog A Little Woman* The Burrow 325 Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk* 360 THE SHORTER STORIES Children on a Country Road* The Trees* Clothes* Excursion into the Mountains* Rejection* The Street Window* The Tradesman* Absent-minded Window-gazing* The Way Home* Passers-by* On the Tram* Reflections for Gentlemen-Jockeys* The Wish to Be a Red Indian* Unhappiness* Bachelor's Ill Luck* Unmasking a Confidence Trickster* The Sudden Walk* Resolutions* Dream* Up in the Gallery * A Fratricide* The Next Village* A Visit to a Mine* Jackals and Arabs* The Bridge The Bucket Rider The New Advocate* An Old Manuscript* The Knock at the Manor Gate Eleven Sons* My Neighbor A Crossbreed [A Sport] The Cares of a Family Man* A Common Confusion The Truth about Sancho Panza The Silence of the Sirens Prometheus The City Coat of Arms Poseidon Fellowship At Night The Problem of Our Laws The Conscription of Troops The Test The Vulture The Helmsman The Top A Little Fable Home-Coming First Sorrow* The Departure Advocates The Married Couple Give it Up! On Parables * Published during Kafka's lifetime. POSTSCRIPT BIBLIOGRAPHY EDITORS AND TRANSLATORS ON THE MATERIAL INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME CHRONOLOGY SELECTED WRITINGS ON KAFKA
Synopsis
The complete stories of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial. "An important book, valuable in itself and absolutely fascinating. 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 Complete Stories brings together all of Kafka's stories, from the classic tales such as "The Metamorphosis," "In the Penal Colony," and "A Hunger Artist" to shorter pieces and fragments that Max Brod, Kafka's literary executor, released after Kafka's death. With the exception of his three novels, the whole of Kafka's narrative work is included in this volume. "[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." --from the Foreword by John Updike, The Complete Stories brings together all of Kafka's stories, from the classic tales such as "The Metamorphosis," "In the Penal Colony," and "A Hunger Artist" to shorter pieces and fragments that Max Brod, Kafka's literary executor, released after Kafka's death. With the exception of his three novels, the whole of Kafka's narrative work is included in this volume.
LC Classification Number
PT2621.A26A2 1988

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