Synopses & Reviews
This authorized edition of DIE VERWANDLUNG by Franz Kafka was originally published by Schocken Books Inc. in Volume I of the Gesammelte Wenke "Erzählungen und Kleine Prosa", Berlin, 1935; New York, 1946. It appears here with the publisher's permission. This edition is in German with editorial matter in English.
Synopsis
Kafka's stories are nightmarish tales in which a helpless central character's every move is controlled by heartless, impersonal forces.
About the Author
Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod.