Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
- 224 pages
- English
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Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
About This Book
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:
- New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
- Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
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 influencesâbiographical, historical, and literaryâto enrich each readers 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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Table of contents
- FROM THE PAGES OF THE METAMORPHOSIS AND OTHER STORIES
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- FRANZ KAFKA
- THE WORLD OF FRANZ KAFKA AND âTHE METAMORPHOSISâ
- Introduction
- A Message from the Emperor
- The Metamorphosis
- The Judgment
- The Stoker: A Fragment
- In the Penal Colony
- A Country Doctor
- An Old Leaf
- A Hunger Artist
- Josephine the Singer, or The Mouse People
- Before the Law
- Translatorâs Afterword
- ENDNOTES
- INSPIRED BY FRANZ KAFKA
- COMMENTS & QUESTIONS
- FOR FURTHER READING