Parables and Paradoxes
 Parables and Paradoxes (Parabeln und Paradoxe) is a bilingual edition of selected writings by Franz Kafka edited by Nahum N. Glatzer (Schocken Books 1961). In this volume of collected pieces Kafka re-examines and rewrites some basic mythical tales of Ancient Israel Hellas the Far East and the West as well as creations of his own imagination. The material in the book is drawn from Kafka's notebooks diaries letters short fictional works and the novel The Trial.