{"product_id":"metamorphosis-and-other-stories-isbn-9780143105244","title":"Metamorphosis and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliant new translation of Kafka’s best-known work, published for the 125th anniversary of his birth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka’s works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes \u003ci\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; \u003ci\u003eMeditation\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of his earlier studies; \u003ci\u003eThe Judgement\u003c\/i\u003e, written in a single night of frenzied creativity; \u003ci\u003eThe Stoker\u003c\/i\u003e, the first chapter of a novel set in America and a fascinating occasional piece, \u003ci\u003eThe Aeroplanes at Brescia\u003c\/i\u003e, Kafka’s eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafka’s literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.\"I think of a Kafka story as a perfect work of literary art, as approachable as it is strange, and as strange as it is approachable.\" \u003cb\u003e—Michael Hofmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/b\u003e (1883-1924) was a Czech-born, German-speaking writer. His major novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/i\u003e (1925), \u003ci\u003eThe Castle\u003c\/i\u003e (1926), and \u003ci\u003eAmerik\u003c\/i\u003ea (1927). \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Hofmann \u003c\/b\u003e(translator and introducer) has translated Joseph Roth, Hans Fallada, Herta Müller, Zoe Jenny, Wim Wenders, Wolfgang Koeppen, Durs Grünbein, and Franz Kafka. He is a professor of English at the University of Florida.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303073009893,"sku":"NP9780143105244","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143105244.jpg?v=1767732597","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/metamorphosis-and-other-stories-isbn-9780143105244","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}