Status
Available
Call number
Genres
Collection
Publication
Penguin Books (1991), Paperback, 240 pages
Description
Drawing directly on original manuscripts, this collection comprises the major short stories published after Kafka's death. It includes The Great Wall of China, Blumfeld, An Elderly Bachelor, Investigations of a Dog and his great sequences of aphorisms, with fables and parables on subjects ranging from the legend of Prometheus to the Tower of Babel. Allegorical, disturbing and possessing a dream-like clarity, these writings are quintessential Kafka.
Language
Original language
German
Original publication date
1950 (French translation)
Physical description
240 p.; 7.72 inches
ISBN
0140184767 / 9780140184761