Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

de Franz Kafka (auteur), Jason Baker (introduction), Jason Baker (introduction et notes), Donna Freed (traduction)

Maison d'édition : Barnes & Noble Classics

juin 2009

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, by Franz Kafka, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:

New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
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Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations
Bibliographies for further reading
Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate

All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works.

Virtually unknown during his lifetime, Franz Kafka is now one of the world’s most widely read and discussed authors. His nightmarish novels and short stories have come to symbolize modern man’s anxiety and alienation in a bizarre, hostile, and dehumanized world. This vision is most fully realized in Kafka’s masterpiece, “The Metamorphosis,” a story that is both harrowing and amusing, and a landmark of modern literature.

Bringing together some of Kafka’s finest work, this collection demonstrates the richness and variety of the author’s artistry. “The Judgment,” which Kafka considered to be his decisive breakthrough, and “The Stoker,” which became the first chapter of his novel Amerika, are here included. These two, along with “The Metamorphosis,” form a suite of stories Kafka referred to as “The Sons,” and they collectively present a devastating portrait of the modern family.

Also included are “In the Penal Colony,” a story of a torture machine and its operators and victims, and “A Hunger Artist,” about the absurdity of an artist trying to communicate with a misunderstanding public. Kafka’s lucid, succinct writing chronicles the labyrinthine complexities, the futility-laden horror, and the stifling oppressiveness that permeate his vision of modern life.

Jason Baker is a writer of short stories living in Brooklyn, New York.

Auteur

Franz Kafka (auteur)

Franz Kafka, né à Prague le 3 juillet 1883 d'une famille juive, a fait ses études au lycée allemand de Prague de 1893 à 1901, puis à l'Université allemande. En 1907 il entre dans une compagnie d'assurances. Son expérience professionnelle jouera un rôle capital dans la vision du monde social que son œuvre reflète avec la plus extrême précision. En 1912 il rencontre Felice Bauer, avec qui il se fiance deux fois et rompt définitivement en 1917. C'est l'année où sa tuberculose pulmonaire est diagnostiquée. En 1923, au cours de vacances au bord de la Baltique, il fait la connaissance de Dora Dymant et s'installe avec elle à Berlin. Atteint de laryngite tuberculeuse, il est transporté, après deux séjours dans des hôpitaux de Vienne, au sanatorium de Kierling, où il meurt le 3 juin 1924.

Auteur(s) : Franz Kafka