“Every crease is a story.”

Author
1883–1924
Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish writer and novelist from Prague. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements of realism and the fantastique, and typically feature isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surreal predicaments and incomprehensible bureaucratic powers. The term Kafkaesque has entered the lexicon to describe situations like those depicted in his writings. His best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926). He is also celebrated for his brief fables and aphorisms, which frequently incorporated comedic elements alongside the darker themes of his longer works. His work has widely influenced artists, philosophers, composers, filmmakers, literary historians, religious scholars, and cultural theorists.
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Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, 1915

The Trial
Franz Kafka, 1924

The Castle
Franz Kafka, 1926

Briefe an Milena
Franz Kafka, 1952

Short stories
Franz Kafka, 1946

Brief an den Vater
Franz Kafka, 1953

Amerika
Franz Kafka, 1927

Tagebücher
Franz Kafka, 1937

A metamorfose
Franz Kafka

The Book of fantasy
Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo & others, 1940
Letters to Milena
Franz Kafka

Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces
Burton Beers, Anna Ahkmatova & others, 1991

La Metamorfosis
Franz Kafka, 2004

Briefe an Felice und andere Korrespondenz aus der Verlobungszeit
Franz Kafka, 1967

Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow
Ray Bradbury, Robert M. Coates & others, 1952

Cartas Al Padre
Franz Kafka, 1980

The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
J. A. Cuddon, Anonymous & others, 1984
Proměna
Franz Kafka, 1929
Metamorfosis
Franz Kafka

Die Verwandlung
Franz Kafka, 1962

A Hunger Artist (Short Prose of Franz Kafka Series)
Franz Kafka, 1996

Cartas a Milena
Franz Kafka
Letter to My Father
Franz Kafka & Howard Colyer

Understanding fiction -- Second Edition
Cleanth Brooks, Robert Penn Warren & others, 1959

Parables and Paradoxes
Franz Kafka, 1946

Lettre au père
Franz Kafka, 1995

The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony, and Other Stories
Franz Kafka, 1935

The Metamorphosis and Related Readings
Franz Kafka, 2000

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Platinum
Elaine Epstein, Jon Krakauer & others, 1999

Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka, 1952

Complete Stories and Parables
Franz Kafka, 1976

Das Urteil
Franz Kafka, 1916
Metamorphosis Annotated
Franz Kafka

The Blue Octavo Notebooks
Franz Kafka, 1991

The Transformation
Franz Kafka, 1995

The great wall of China
Franz Kafka, 1933
The Trail
Franz Kafka, 1998
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka

Description of a Struggle
Franz Kafka, 1958

The Situation of the Story
Diana Young, Flannery O'Connor & others, 1993

The Zürau aphorisms of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka

Basic Kafka
Franz Kafka, 1979

The Penal Colony
Franz Kafka, 1948

Give it up!
Franz Kafka, 1995

The judgement
Franz Kafka, 1995

The Essential Kafka Wordsworth Classics
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis. Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka

The burrow
Franz Kafka
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