{"product_id":"the-complete-stories-isbn-9780805210552","title":"The Complete Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe complete stories of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis and The Trial.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Complete Stories \u003c\/i\u003ebrings 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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[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 UpdikeFOREWORD BY JOHN UPDIKE \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTWO INTRODUCTORY PARABLES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBefore the Law* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAn Imperial Message* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE LONGER STORIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDescription of a Struggle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWedding Preparations in the Country \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Judgment* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the Penal Colony * \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Village Schoolmaster [The Giant Mole\u003c\/i\u003e] \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Warden of the Tomb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Country Doctor* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Hunter Gracchus \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Hunter Gracchus: A Fragment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Great Wall of China \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe News of the Building of the Wall: A Fragment \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Report to an Academy * \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Report to an Academy: Two Fragments \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Refusal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Hunger Artist* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eInvestigations of a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Little Woman* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Burrow \u003c\/i\u003e325\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk* \u003c\/i\u003e360\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE SHORTER STORIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChildren on a Country Road* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Trees* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClothes* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eExcursion into the Mountains* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRejection* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Street Window* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Tradesman* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbsent-minded Window-gazing* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Way Home*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePassers-by* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOn the Tram* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReflections for Gentlemen-Jockeys* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Wish to Be a Red Indian* 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\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Knock at the Manor Gate \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEleven Sons* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMy Neighbor \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Crossbreed [A Sport] \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Cares of a Family Man* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Common Confusion \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Truth about Sancho Panza \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Sirens \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrometheus \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe City Coat of Arms \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePoseidon \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFellowship \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAt Night \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Problem of Our Laws \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Conscription of Troops \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Test \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Vulture \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Helmsman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Top \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLittle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFable \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHome-Coming \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFirst Sorrow* \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Departure \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdvocates \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Married Couple \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGive it Up!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOn Parables \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e * Published during Kafka’s lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e POSTSCRIPT \u003cbr\u003e BIBLIOGRAPHY \u003cbr\u003e EDITORS AND TRANSLATORS \u003cbr\u003e ON THE MATERIAL INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME \u003cbr\u003e CHRONOLOGY \u003cbr\u003e SELECTED WRITINGS ON KAFKA“[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.” \u003cbr\u003e—from the Foreword by John Updike \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The distinction Kafka, or his heroes, draw between \u003ci\u003ethis \u003c\/i\u003eworld and \u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003eworld does not imply that there are two different worlds, only that our habitual conceptions of reality are not the true conception.” \u003cbr\u003e—W. H. Auden \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“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.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/b\u003e 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 Judgment,” 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. 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