The Collected Short Stories of Franz Kafka

This volume contains all of Kafka's shorter fiction from fragments parables and sketches to longer complete tales. Together they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought. These pieces of fiction represent Kafka at his most profoundly pessimistic and his most whimsically humorous.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was a Czech-born writer whose work deeply influenced modern literature. His work explores human alienation and existential anxiety in a distinct, surreal style.

ISBN: 0-14-018280-2