The metamorphosis, In the penal colony, and other stories Cover Image

The metamorphosis, In the penal colony, and other stories / Franz Kafka ; translated by Joachim Neugroschel.

Great short works of Franz Kafka (cover title)

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 (author.). Neugroschel, Joachim, (translator.).

Summary:

Collects fourty-four stories by Franz Kafka including "The Stoker," "The Judgement," "First Sorrow," and "The Hunger Artist."

Record details

ISBN: 0684800705
ISBN: 9780684800707
Physical Description: xxiii, 316 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First Scribner edition
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"With two new stories."

Selections from this translation first appeared in the "Forward". -- colophon

Formatted Contents Note:

Early Stories 1 -- Conversation with the Worshiper 3 -- Conversation with the Drunk 12 -- Great Noise 17 -- Contemplation 19 -- Children on the Highway 21 -- Exposing a City Slicker 26 -- Sudden Stroll 29 -- Decisions 31 -- Outing in the Mountains 32 -- Bachelor's Unhappiness 33 -- Businessman 34 -- Absently Gazing Out 37 -- Way Home 38 -- People Running By 39 -- Passenger 40 -- Frocks 42 -- Rejection 43 -- Reflections for Amateur Jockeys 44 -- Window Facing the Street 46 -- Wish to Be an Indian 47 -- Trees 48 -- Unhappiness 49 -- Judgment 55 -- Stoker 73 -- Metamorphosis 115 -- In the Penal Colony 189 -- A Country Doctor 231 -- New Lawyer 233 -- A Country Doctor 235 -- Up in the Gallery 244 -- An Ancient Manuscript 246 -- Before the Law 249 -- Jackals and Arabs 252 -- A Visit to the Mine 258 -- Next Village 262 -- An Imperial Message 263 -- Anxiety of the Head of Family 265 -- Eleven Sons 268 -- A Fratricide 275 -- A Dream 278 -- A Report for an Academy 281 -- First Sorrow 295 -- Hunger Artist 301.