The Metamorphosis and Other Stories - Franz Kafka - Dover Bookshelf

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka brings together a selection of his short fiction in a single volume. This hardback edition forms part of the Dover Bookshelf series and is translated into English by Stanley Appelbaum.

Included titles

• The Metamorphosis
• The Judgment
• In the Penal Colony
• A Country Doctor
• A Report to an Academy

Key details

• Author: Franz Kafka
• Translator: Stanley Appelbaum
• Series: Dover Bookshelf
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 144
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc

Synopsis

Kafka’s writing is known for bringing the everyday into close contact with the surreal, creating narratives that question reality and move through unsettling psychological territory. Across these five stories, his work turns a clear-eyed gaze on existential unease and the absurdities of bureaucracy, with an approach that combines unrelenting realism and allegorical symbolism.

Presented here in Stanley Appelbaum’s English translation, this Dover Bookshelf hardback offers a compact, collectible way to explore a key selection of Kafka’s short fiction, suited to literary scholars, bibliophiles, and general readers.

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