| Description |
191 pages : portrait ; 17 cm |
| Contents |
A Message from the Emperor -- A Short Fable -- The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man -- Poseidon -- The Verdict -- The Truth about Sancho Panza -- The Bridge -- The Married Couple -- Before the Law -- A Hunger Artist -- The Trees -- The New Lawyer -- An Old Journal -- In the Penal Colony -- The Next Village -- A First Heartache -- A Report for an Academy -- Homecoming -- Jackals and Arabs -- The Silence of the Sirens -- The Stoker -- Give up! |
| Summary |
New translations of the best stories by the one of the twentieth century's greatest and most influential writers Kafka, whose name has generated an adjective, is one of the best loved writers of the twentieth century. Known for his dark, enigmatic stories, for the absurd nightmares he depicts, his extraordinary imaginative depth is clear in stories from 'A Hunger Artist' to 'The Verdict'. But Kafka also wrote fizzingly funny, fresh stories, and The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man contains all the aspects of this genius: the wit and the grit; the horror and the humour; the longing and the laughing. They range from bizarre, two-sentence stories about Don Quixote to the famous brutal depiction of violence and justice that is 'In the Penal Colony'. In a nimble new translation by the acclaimed Alexander Starritt, this collection of Kafka's essential stories shows the genius at his very best. |
| Subject |
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Translations into English.
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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. (OCoLC)fst00073986
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| Genre/Form |
Translations.
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| Added Author |
Starritt, Alexander, editor, translator.
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections. English
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| Other Form: |
Electronic version: Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Short stories. Selections. English. Unhappiness of being a single man. London : Pushkin Press, 2018 9781782274407 (OCoLC)1056109438 |
| ISBN |
9781782274391 (paperback) |
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1782274391 (paperback) |
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