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“This fine version, with David Cronenberg’s inspired introduction and the new translator’s beguiling afterword, is, I suspect, the most disturbing though the most comforting of all so far; others will follow, but don’t hesitate: this is the transforming text for you.”—Richard Howard Franz Kafka’s 19... Read More about The Metamorphosis: A New Translation by Susan Bernofsky

A brilliant translation of one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, revealing a tale that is as full of energy and power as it was when it was first written. From the author of The Metamorphosis.Written in 1914, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank offic... Read More about The Trial: A New Translation Based on the Restored Text (The Schocken Kafka Library)

The complete stories of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial.“An important book, valuable in itself and absolutely fascinating. The stories are dreamlike, allegorical, symbolic, parabolic, grotesque, ritualistic, nasty, lucent, extremely... Read More about The Complete Stories (The Schocken Kafka Library)

A brilliant new translation of Kafka’s best-known work, published for the 125th anniversary of his birth   This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka’s works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an explora... Read More about Metamorphosis and Other Stories: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

From the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial—one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—the haunting tale of K.’s relentless, unavailing struggle with an inscrutable authority in order to gain access to the Castle. Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman.Arriving in a village to... Read More about The Castle: A New Translation Based on the Restored Text (The Schocken Kafka Library)

The best stories by the one of the twentieth century's greatest and most influential writersNo one has captured the modern experience, its wild dreams, strange joys, its neuroses and boredom, better than Franz Kafka. His vision, with its absurdity and twisted humour, has lost none of its force or re... Read More about The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man: Essential Stories (Pushkin Press Classics)