The metamorphosis, In the penal colony, and other stories
Subtitle: with two new stories
By: Franz Kafka ; translated by Joachim Neugroschel
Contributors: Neugroschel, Joachim
Edition: 1st Scribner Paperback Fiction ed
Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Kafka, Franz, -- 1883-1924 -- Translations into English
Work titles: Erzählungen und kleine Prosa.
Description: "Translated by Joachim Neugroschel, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories is widely recognized as the preeminent English-language anthology of Kafka's stories. These translations illuminate one of this century's most controversial writers and have made Kafka's work accessible to a whole new generation.

This classic collection of forty-one great short works - including such timeless pieces of modern fiction as "The Judgment" and "The Stoker" - now includes two new stories, "First Sorrow" and "The Hunger Artist.""--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Conversation with the worshiper; title: Conversation with the drunk; title: Great noise; title: Children on the highway; title: Exposing a city slicker; title: The sudden stroll; title: Decisions; title: The outing in the mountains; title: The bachelor's unhappiness; title: The businessman; title: Absently gazing out; title: The way home; title: The people running by; title: The passenger; title: Frocks; title: The rejection; title: Reflections for amateur jockeys; title: The window facing the street; title: The wish to be an Indian; title: The trees; title: Unhappiness; title: The judgment; title: The stoker; title: The metamorphosis; title: In the Penal Colony; title: The new lawyer; title: A country doctor; title: Up in the gallery; title: An ancient manuscript; title: Before the law; title: Jackals and Arabs; title: A visit to the mine; title: The next village; title: An imperial message; title: The anxiety of the head of family; title: Eleven sons; title: A fratricide; title: A dream; title: A report for an academy; title: First sorrow; title: The hunger artist