num_pages: 298
description: This powerful collection brings together everything which Kafka allowed to be published during his lifetime. In it we see clearly the range of his talent, from the spare "classic" style of the great stories to the brilliant "poetry" of the short pieces. We know that he possessed a fanatical artistic scrupulosity, one that rivaled Flaubert's in its rigor. Kafka once remarked, passing a severe judgement on his writings: "Of all that I have written the only things that count are: 'The Judgement', 'The Stoker' (Chap. 1 of 
  Amerika
), 'Metamorphosis', 'In the Penal Colony', A Country Doctor', and the story, 'A Hunger Artist'." The present volume, then, comprises the works that Franz Kafka chose to stand upon.[From the back cover; errors in original]Contents:Conversation with the SupplicantMeditationThe JudgmentThe MetamorphosisA Country DoctorIn the Penal ColonyA Hunger ArtistThe First Long Train Journey (with Max Brod)The Aeroplanes at Brescia (trans. G. Humphreys Roberts)Three Critical Pieces (trans. Clement Greenberg)Epilogue (by Max Brod)[Note that The Stoker "is omitted because it is the first chapter of the novel Amerika."]
language: English
title: In the penal settlement: tales and short prose works
titlecomplete: In the penal settlement: tales and short prose works
genres: Fiction, Czech Literature, 20th Century, Classics, Philosophy, German Literature, Horror, Literature, Short Stories, Novels
ratings_count: 24120
publisher: Secker and Warburg