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The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories (The Schocken Kafka Library) Paperback – November 14, 1995

by Franz Kafka (Author)

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This collection brings together the stories that Kafka allowed to be published during his lifetime. To Max Brod, his literary executor, he wrote: “Of all my writings the only books that can stand are these.”

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“Kafka’s survey of the insectile situation of young Jews in inner Bohemia can hardly be improved upon: ‘With their posterior legs they were still glued to their father’s Jewishness and with their wavering anterior legs they found no new ground.’ There is a sense in which Kafka’s Jewish question (‘What have I in common with Jews?’) has become everybody’s question, Jewish alienation the template for all our doubts. What is Muslimness? What is femaleness? What is Polishness? These days we all find our anterior legs flailing before us. We’re all insects, all Ungeziefer, now.”
—Zadie Smith

“Kafka engaged in no technical experiments whatsoever; without in any way changing the German language, he stripped it of its involved constructions until it became clear and simple, like everyday speech purified of slang and negligence. The common experience of Kafka’s readers is one of general and vague fascination, even in stories they fail to understand, a precise recollection of strange and seemingly absurd images and descriptions—until one day the hidden meaning reveals itself to them with the sudden evidence of a truth simple and incontestable.”
—Hannah Arendt

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

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Series: The Schocken Kafka Library
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Schocken (November 14, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805210571
ISBN-13: 978-0805210576
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 37 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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James B.Top Contributor: Batman

I am...not entirely sure what I just read.

July 19, 2015

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Contained in this short-story collection are many tales of bizarre, absurd, and tragic events. Kafka was certainly a good writer, but he has a very unique style that not everyone is going to like.

Much of this writing is done with long, rambling description that are so detailed and so depressing that if you have my sense of humor, they become funny. For those anime fans reading this, it's a lot like the Monogatari series. I seriously can't tell if you'll like these stories or not, but I did.

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Kafka remains Kafka, a riddle

I enjoyed this edition very much

November 9, 2014

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I enjoyed this edition very much. It is a well-readable translation in a nice quality hardback with good paper. Unless one is a Kafka devotee, this plus "The Trial" will satisfy almost any reader.

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An Excellent Sampling of Kafka.

June 12, 2016

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Existentialism abounds in this collection of all the works Kafka published in his lifetime. This is an indispensable book for anybody interested in Kafka, but it does take a fair amount of reflection to grasp what message Kafka is communicating. Many of his short stories are collections of more short stories—some as short as a paragraph. Although at times seemingly disjointed, the common thread of what it means to exist and how it is we find our own meaning in life brings the stories together in a haunting way.

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February 6, 2016

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His stories were always different and interesting. Some of his stories you scratch your head at the last page and think " what in the world was he talking about ?" But always an experience.

Kafka rules, and this translation is superior

June 22, 2016

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Whatever sexuality and violence referenced are implied raather than overt; what violence is overt, it is tame compared to 21st century United States standards.

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February 23, 2016

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Brod got a good bit of it wrong. The Trial was of course well worth saving from the fire, but that and this collection of stories would have well set a legacy unto themselves. Though I think the Muirs translation is rather clunky, the stories themselves are just magnificent. I hadn't actually read The Metamorphosis since grad school, and even now being able to look behind the curtain a bit is of no problem and only lends further depth to my awe. My absolute fav remains In the Penal Colony--a story as biting now in its handling of tradition and its adherents as any. Kafka is a name for a reason, and not because Brod saved a lot of fragments from the flame. This collection is more than most writers could ever hope to accomplish.

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I get Kafka... but this was poorly ...

February 25, 2018

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I get Kafka...but this was poorly put together and would benefit from some editing to smoothe out the translation.

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great little collection of Kafka stories - not for everyone

great little collection of Kafka stories - not for everyone, but if you know who Kafka is, this is a god deal

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Not my type of book

I tried reading it and I just couldn't understand it. I got it for a class I was taking in college. We read The Metamorphosis and I was actually into it but then I tried reading...Read more

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Good condition when I got it.

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Good, readable book. Exactly what it says.

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