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.”
"Of all my writings the only books that can stand are these..." Kafka wrote to Max Bord, his literary executor. This volume brings together the stories that Kafka allowed to be published during his lifetime. These haunting tales established Franz Kafka as one of the seminal writers of the 20th century and endure because of their timeless depiction of the nightmare world of everyday life. Includes such classics as "The Metamorphosis," "In the Penal Colony," "A Hunger Artist," "A Country Doctor," and "The Judgment."
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