The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

by Franz Kafka

Overview

Writing in the first three decades of the twentieth century, Franz Kafka explored the themes of alienation, anxiety, and solitude in stories that were often surreally fantastic. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories collects more than 30 of Kafka's best-known stories in a new translation including "The Metamorphosis," "In the Penal Colony," "The Hunger Artist," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report to an Academy."
 
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed foil-stamped binding, with distinctive colored edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435165069
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	08/29/2017
Series:	Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions Series
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	699 KB

About the Author

Franz Kafka was born in 1883 in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including "The Metamorphosis", "The Judgement", and "The Stoker". He died in 1924, before completing any of his full-length novels. At the end of his life, Kafka asked his lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his unpublished work. Brod overrode those wishes.

Date of Birth:

July 3, 1883

Date of Death:

June 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Prague, Austria-Hungary

Place of Death:

Vienna, Austria

Education:

German elementary and secondary schools. Graduated from German Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague.